Priest Archives

Priest who was former national Renew leader and beloved pastor dies

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

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

Crux in Nicaragua
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

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

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
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.

Priest attacked, robbed at his parish in Nicaragua

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Sep 17, 2018

A Nicaraguan priest was attacked and robbed in his parish residence, the latest aggression against Catholic clergy and those considered opponents of the Central American country’s increasingly autocratic president.

Priest attacked in church; assailant yells ‘This is for all the kids!’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 22, 2018

A Byzantine Catholic priest was attacked Aug. 20 in the altar servers’ sacristy of his church in Merrillville, near Gary in the northwestern part of the state.