Training future priests is expensive

Pope Francis names coadjutor bishop for San Jose diocese: Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, New Mexico, will assist Bishop Patrick McGrath, 73, in the administration of the diocese and succeed McGrath upon his retirement or death
“It is a Christian genocide”: Nigerian priest recounts religious violence at conclusion of Religious Freedom Week in San Francisco archdiocese
Training future priests is expensive: Diocese of Honolulu pleads for more money from faithful to help pay the $40,000 per year it costs to send prospective priests to St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park


Monterey Bishop Richard Garcia has died: Diocese attributed death to complications of Alzheimer's Disease, which was diagnosed in April and followed by "a very rapid decline in health"

Christ Cathedral Memorial Gardens will be overhauled, expanded: Cemetery on cathedral grounds will increase capacity by about 450 percent, add a Sanctuary of Eternal Life, mausoleum, sarcophagi, or stone coffins, and thousands of glass and marble niches

“Does God not live here anymore?”: Vatican tries to rescue abandoned churches from becoming "gelato shops, garages, pubs, or even worse"