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 campaign, which begins on Feb. 8, the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, is designated for prayer and awareness of human ...

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.

Bishop Robert Brennan, the Bishop of Brooklyn, which includes Queens, led a special Mass in recognition of the Lunar New Year ...

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

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

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 ...