Priest Archives

Bishop calls priest who died from COVID-19 ‘a great missionary among us’

Mar 31, 2020

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn March 28 announced the death of 49-year-old Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay, a 49 year old pastor, who died the evening before from COVID-19.

By Catholic News Service

‘Fake news’ aside, friend says priest dead of coronavirus was still a ‘special person’

Mar 24, 2020

A longtime friend of Don Giuseppe Berardelli, who died in northern Italy from the COVID-19 coronavirus earlier this month, has described the priest as a caring and involved pastor, and debunked what he says is a partial “fake news” rumor circulating about the priest’s death.

By Elise Ann Allen

Priest needs liver transplant; will a donor show up in time?

Jan 30, 2020

Father John Mack, a priest of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, needs a liver transplant — from a living donor.

By Mark Pattison

Did Italian priest father two African sons, and walk away?

Dec 6, 2019

Two African man share an Italian priest for a father. They share their stories of trying to know him.

By Associated Press

Albany Diocese mourns loss of longtime priest who died in flash flooding

Nov 4, 2019

A longtime priest of the Diocese of Albany died tragically Oct. 31, when he was caught was caught up in flash flooding on a rural road while traveling to say Mass for the people of Herkimer and Newport about 90 miles outside of Albany.

By Mike Matvey

Priest who was former national Renew leader and beloved pastor dies

Jan 29, 2019

Msgr. Robert D. Fuller, an Arizona priest who was a national leader of the Renew movement in the early 1980s and a beloved pastor in the Tucson Diocese, died Jan. 23. He was 88.

By Catholic News Service

In rural Nicaragua, life as a Catholic priest is no pleasure cruise

Dec 7, 2018

BOACO VIEJO-TEUSEPE-CAMOAPA, Nicaragua – Although historically being a Catholic priest in Central America brought tremendous privilege and esteem, today nobody would say it’s a cushy gig. Constant political turmoil, chronic poverty and a priest shortage that might demand a cleric to say five Masses on one Sunday are every-day facts

By Inés San Martín

In homily, priest says he was abused, hears from dozens of victims

Sep 20, 2018

To be a voice for victims of clerical sexual abuse, Father Brendan McGuire realized he had to come to terms with the abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest when he was 18. It was a secret he had held for 35 years.

By Mark Pattison