For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

In his novel, "If You Can Get It," Brendan Hodge explores the nature of work through the career missteps and misadventures of ...

More than 1 million people flocked to venerate or honor these relics when they first visited the U.S. in 1999 and 2000.

Catholic parishes in Lorain will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension June 1 with a Eucharistic Procession during the first of its kind event, according to a news release. Mass, which begins at ...

St. Nicodemus was a secret disciple of Jesus. As a member of the Sanhedrin, he would meet Jesus by night so that the others would not see him with Jesus. Eventually, it was Nicodemus who reminded ...

By Linda Bordoni Greeting delegations from 131 countries from every part of the world gathered in the Vatican for the Jubilee ...

St. Eligius was born in Chaptelat, near Limoges, France around 590 A.D. to Roman parents. At a young age, his father recognized that his son had an unusual talent and sent him to the famous ...

(Gary Wayne Gilbert) July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society ... and over time emerged as the largest religious order in the Catholic Church and one of the greatest ...

Newly ordained, bestowing his first priestly blessings, Father Randy Skeate smiled with quiet gratitude when asked how he ...

You see, the Church’s Scripture helped me find my desire for Christ, and the Church’s liturgy helped me fulfill that desire.

Global Sisters Report invited panelists to reflect on the question: When have you had an Ascension or Pentecost "moment" when ...