Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Catholics in Washington, D.C., gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for a memorial ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

Like the phoenix, St. Joseph’s Church rose from the ashes to continue to serve one of the largest Catholic congregations in ...

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

Faith Life in Action items should be submitted at least two weeks in advance, with complete address and contact information, ...

This is literally a dramatic weekend. The church near you is probably staging an Easter-themed play or has staged one already.Some of those plays may be telling the Jesus crucifixion story with a ...

For generations, people of the Upper Rio Grande Valley and beyond have walked to reach El Santuario de Chimayó to commemorate ...

What is the Corporal? The corporal is a white linen cloth, square in shape, that is spread on the altar during the celebration of Mass. Its main function is to receive the bread and wine that will ...

On Holy Thursday, more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations during the chrism Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica.