Christian influencers are reaching hundreds of thousands of young people online. They share podcasts and videos about their past and present mistakes as well as biblical advice on tough questions and ...

In the last article, I discussed the restoration of the adult catechumenate in the Catholic Church. Today, the catechumenal process of initiating adults into the Church is known as the RCIA which is ...

ROCHESTER — Ashleigh Mazola feels called to Christ. "I had this amazing friend in college," Mazola explained. "She was like, 'If anyone wants to go to church with me.' She was super-Catholic. She had ...

Young people come to New York City to chase careers, materialism and pleasure. The pursuit of faith isn’t exactly on the Big Apple checklist. However, at a recent, very crowded Sunday night mass at St ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been in charge of setting the table for dinner, which included arranging logs around the fire ring when camping. Whether gathering around a campfire eating off ...

Thomas W. Norcott passed away on Friday, August 29th, at 11:45AM. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on July 6th, 1946 to Patrick and Ellen Norcott, both of NFLD. Tom was the youngest of 7 children, of which ...

A program, The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, formerly named The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Q: When I was in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (commonly known as RCIA, now the Order of Christian ...

Q: When I was in RCIA (now the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults), the instructor said normal weekly Eucharist counts as a “Confession,” and reception counts as “absolution.” Could you comment?

So, on that very practical level, holy Communion does not replace confession, in that a person who has committed a mortal sin needs the sacrament of penance to be able to approach the Eucharist at all ...