Pope Francis oversaw a Mass in Edmonton, Canada, on Tuesday as part of his apostolic journey. The pope was dressed in vestments made by an indigenous artist and carried a handcrafted crozier for the ...

Editor’s Note: On May 4, 2025, Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, the former prefect of the prefect of the supreme tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, delivered the following homily during the ninth day of ...

The Pope linked this vision to the spirituality of communion, recalling that Christian love is “Trinitarian” and “relational, ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Read the full text of Pope Francis' Sunday Mass homily concluding the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. Today the word of God surprises us with powerful and thought-provoking ...

Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk during their homilies in the last week. Kirk, 31, was shot during a campus event at Utah ...

ROMEROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

The Vatican’s liturgy czar has intervened against the implementation of resolutions of the German Synodal Way that demand laypeople should be able to regularly baptize and preach the homily at Mass in ...

The tomb of Pope Francis opened for visitors at St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Sunday, a day after world leaders and a crowd of hundreds of thousands attended the funeral of the late leader of the ...

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, God often makes Godself known through sound: be it a voice from a burning bush, a resounding clap of thunder or the blast of a trumpet. “God is revealed through sound ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. Mass addendums Reese's article on the ...