A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful ...

COMMENTARY: The deacon’s reverent presence at the altar invites us to rediscover the mystery, humility and mission at the ...

Hineini, "We are fully present," honoring important and pivotal women in the formation of our history, role models of values ...

Most biblical scholars ... of him was something called the Holy Virtue. Before Charlemagne could look inside, a boy appeared on the right side of the altar. 'Claiming to be the Christ child ...

The pontiff's surprise entrance came during a special Jubilee Mass for those who are sick and those who care for the sick.

Sin, which is any attitude or action that falls short of God’s perfection (literally, missing the mark, an archery term), cannot just be winked away or simply dismissed (even if He wanted to, which He ...

Valley of the Fallen, a site built on Franco’s orders, has become a flashpoint between left and right as the Socialist-led ...

The first Catholic convert elected to the vice presidency has provoked an extraordinary string of conflicts within the church ...

Acutis’ heart has been preserved at a dedicated altar in another Assisi church ... There are different “classes” of relics — ...

In some places, the images ... the altar from the beginning of Lent. The cloth – which hid the altar – was not removed until during the reading of the Passion on the Wednesday in Holy Week ...