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The Holy Name Cathedral in the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, which is leading the nation in conversions to the Catholic faith.

In sparsely Catholic North Carolina, the Diocese of Raleigh leads nation in conversions

Sep 23, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, said in a press release last week an analysis by Catholic World Report revealed... Read more

Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, greets a young Catholic while surveying storm damage at Swannanoa, North Carolina, Friday, on Oct. 4, 2024.

North Carolina bishops: Immigration policy and enforcement ‘complicated and emotional’

The Roman Catholic bishops of Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, have issued a joint statement about immigration policy and enforcement... Read more

Opening Mass for the synod of bishops on the family Oct. 8, 2015.

Colombian-born bishop to head Raleigh diocese

Jul 5, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

On Wednesday the Vatican announced Pope Francis' appointment of Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto, a native of Colombia, as the... Read more

Philip Johnson, a seminarian of the Diocese of Raleigh. Photo courtesy of Diocese of Raleigh.

For terminally-ill seminarian, a life with suffering is not void of dignity

Oct 24, 2014

A seminarian is looking forward to his ordination to the diaconate this spring and the priesthood a year later, even... Read more