The 31st annual International Week of Prayer and Fasting for our nation, leaders, families, and the Church will take place Oct. 20–28 beginning with a three-day virtual event and ending with a full ...
The prayer was the culmination of a worldwide day of fasting, prayer, and penance for peace in the world called for by the Pope amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Pope ...
The second principal part of the Sunday Mass is the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Some readers may recall that this was once ...
Five minutes from here, the landscape is all ash and ruin. But inside this small chapel, there is a kaleidoscope of stained-glass light and a single man sitting bathed in that light. The man is ...
The spiritual life is rich, beautiful, and complex. Nothing can exhaust the spiritual treasury of the Church or the soul that seeks union with God. Nothing can quench the desire within the human heart ...
A painting on the altar of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, in Rome (iStock/PaoloGaetano) The second year of the U.S. bishops’ National Eucharistic Revival is in full swing, and the National ...
Caption - Pope Francis pauses in prayer in front of a statue of Mary after celebrating Mass in Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Sept. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The National ...
Pope John Paul II, prior to praying the Angelus yesterday with the faithful in St. Peter’s Square, reminded them that "popular devotion dedicates the month of November to the memory of the deceased ...
(RNS) — The U.S. bishops are working on a document on the Eucharist, which could be very helpful if they do it right. The chances are slim. The origins of the document go back to the bishops’ fight ...
(RNS) — When Pope Francis called for a worldwide consultation of lay Catholics about their concerns as part of the Synod on Synodality, U.S. bishops responded less than enthusiastically. Instead, the ...
I discovered the Eucharist in my college chapel during my senior year. The chapel is small and relatively simple, a huge difference from the stone Gothic parish church in town, with its deep organ and ...
The 31st annual International Week of Prayer and Fasting for our nation, leaders, families, and the Church will take place Oct. 20-28, beginning with a three-day virtual event, and ending with a live ...