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 Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

I had the great pleasure of participating in a grand welcome in the small central Kerala town of Changanassery for India’s newest Cardinal – and, at 51, the world’s youngest – George Jacob Koovakkad.

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

San Carlos Diocese Bishop Gerardo Alminaza's apology comes amid growing concerns over clerical abuse in the Philippines ...

NORTHFIELD — The bishop of the Roman Catholic ... Jubilee Year in Rome on Christmas Eve with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, the largest Catholic church in the world.

Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church is ready to accept a single date for all Christians to celebrate Easter.

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.

The visit coincided with the cathedral’s last Mass of the Christmas season ... which includes Braun’s home church of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jasper. At the conclusion of the Mass ...

Catholics all over the world are observing the Jubilee Year of Hope (2025). The year was officially launched by Pope Francis through the symbolic act of opening the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica in ...

At Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24 ... Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent. After growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, she earned a degree ...