In an effort to assist pastoral ministry staff, educate facility staff, and create better access to Mass for inmates, the ...

It was in 1870 that Saint Joseph was proclaimed patron of the Universal Church, as well as patron of carpenters, joiners, and workers. Almost a century later, in 1955, Pope Pius XII instituted the ...

A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal ...

As a youth minister before entering the seminary, Father Tim Donovan of Orange, California, noticed the Church’s investment in youth rarely produced fruit beyond the teens’ involvement in that ...

The minister pours water the third time. It is desirable that should be one or two witnesses. If able to do this, an adult candidate is required to make a profession of faith, such as the Apostles ...

The whole of Christian life is meant to be permeated and marked by the liturgy and the sacraments. The hallmark of the daily Catholic adult life should be that it is a liturgical life. The graces ...

An Arizona church has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies that allows the Indigenous religious organization to use the ...

The Easter season is the perfect time to reflect on these sacramental truths. It is a season where we renew our baptismal promises—promises that bind us to the eternal covenant of grace. It is a ...

GREENFIELD — Twenty-eight children received First Communion during a Mass on April 13 at St. Michael Catholic Church. This marks the first time for them to receive the bread and ...

Flannery O’Connor once made a dinner-party defense of the Eucharist that became so well known in Catholic literary circles it was made into a T-shirt slogan. Around the table: O’Connor, the ...

Starting a parish from scratch is no small task. When Father Marcus A. Pollard, chaplain of Christendom College in Front Royal, was tapped by Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde to found St. Veronica ...

The United Methodist Council of Bishops recently adopted guidelines for granting deacons sacramental authority under certain circumstances during a meeting earlier this month. The Rev. Sharon Rubey, ...