(Woonsocket, RI) In a decree dated July 16, 2020 and issued from the Congregation for the Clergy, the Vatican has approved the decision of the Diocese of Providence to merge St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Woonsocket, R.I., with the neighboring All Saints Parish. The Vatican also... 

One of the diocese’s new seminarians visited the Rhode Island Catholic offices recently to have his official photo taken. He chatted amiably with us for several minutes before getting up to return to the seminary. Before leaving, he asked us to please pray for him.

PROVIDENCE — It was a symphony played for only eight — not counting the small but very important audience tuning in online from the other side of the Atlantic.

Although he has certainly played for larger crowds, Nathan Schneider’s June 25 organ recital was probably the most important of his short but already remarkable career...

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BURRILLVILLE — Just off of Route 7 in Burrillville, visitors will discover a beautiful outdoor space for prayer, quiet reflection and fellowship.

Founded in 1923, the Shrine of the Little Flower is the only Shrine in the Ocean State — and the first shrine dedicated to St. Thérèse of Liseux in the entire world.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate entire cities and countries, Pope Francis said on the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

“May the prophetic voices” of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki “continue to serve as a warning to us and for coming generations,” he said in a written message sent Aug. 6 to Hidehiko Yuzaki, governor of the Hiroshima prefecture, who led a peace memorial ceremony.

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