Good reading so often goes with good eating, as both are vehicles for communion with God and each other. To whet your ...

The Sign of the Coss serves as both a sign of belonging to the Christian community and a symbol of protection ... of the Father and of the Son,” the first motion is vertical, descending ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Attendees sang, prayed and took Communion for the final time in their church. Kenyon delivered his last sermon there, until ...

Bishop Krzysztof Józef Nykiel, Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary reflects on the time of spiritual renewal, conversion, ...

In the Creed we profess belief in the Communion of Saints. The Church canonizes Saints and celebrates their lives at Mass for three reasons: To encourage asking their help and prayers That their ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter ...

The inauguration was part of landmark events in the Catholic Church ... he performed at the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica two nights earlier on Christmas Eve. "The first Holy Door I ...

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic ... “The first Holy Door I opened ...

Saturday night, a few songs from the end of the show, it was “O Holy Night,” which often is the sacred tune most likely to get picked up by secular singers who find its simple majesty ...

Rome’s relationship with Jubilees dates to 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII inaugurated the first Holy Year in what historians say marked the definitive designation of Rome as the center of ...