COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

The Sisters of Mercy who staff the Bishops’ Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican greet visitors and hand out tickets to ...

The Vatican has sought to engage young people in the 2025 Jubilee pilgrimage with the introduction of Luce, an anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee.

It was quite the command performance. Three Technicolor lions, their massive glittery heads covered in fur and festooned in lavish decorative patterns, gilded through the parish hall of St ...

Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels -- although just under one ...

Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic Churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels – although just under one ...

The space is transformed on Sundays and Tuesdays, so the retired priest can celebrate morning Mass and offer Holy Communion.

The Geneva Rotary Club’s annual Christmas Eve bell-ringing campaign for the Salvation Army Red Kettle brought in an ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Each language has its own way of greeting to begin a conversation. So no surprise, therefore, that, when we begin Mass, there is a greeting. After all, the Mass is a conversation. God speaks to us ...

Coadjutor Bishop Joseph Williams will celebrate a Healing Mass on Feb. 11, the World Day of the Sick. The Mass ...