The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass April 7 for Catholic Charities directors from around the country in the chapel of ...

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

“Satanist” groups intending to stage so-called “black masses” — a direct mockery of the Catholic Mass — have on at least one occasion boasted of possessing a stolen consecrated host ...

The maestro was a man of routine. Besides not talking much about his work, which consisted of some of the most memorable film scores in movie history, he was a quiet man of prayer. Every morning ...

Kansas Jason Alatidd Topeka Capital-Journal file photo Catholic Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, is suing the Satanist organizers behind next week’s planned Black Mass ritual at ...

The Mass for the Jubilee of Priests instituted as Missionaries of Mercy was celebrated on Sunday at the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle in Rome. Hundreds of “Missionaries of Mercy ...

With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to police in Italy to ...

Carlo Acutis, set to become the Catholic Church 's first millennial saint, is already drawing crowds of pilgrims to Assisi, ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history, according to new research. The explosive supernova deaths of ...

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VATICAN, Holy See — The Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis on Sunday since his hospitalization over a month ago, showing the pontiff celebrating mass earlier in the day from ...