COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

A priest was excommunicated from a parish in Livorno in January last year for calling Pope Francis a “usurper” in a New Year’s Eve homily, which marked the first anniversary of the death of the pope’s ...

The smell of incense perfumed the packed sanctuary of St. Agnes Parish in Arlington on Jan. 27, where Archbishop Henning celebrated Mass to mark the beginning of Catholic Schools Week. A ...

Priests and deacons wear beautiful vestments during the celebration ... For in the holy Eucharist, the Catechism of the Catholic Church notes, "Christ, God and man, makes himself wholly and ...

Vatican excommunicates Italian Priest Natale Santonocito for disowning Francis "Is not The Pope" - The Maravi Post ...

By Michael M. Canaris Astute churchgoers likely recently noted that the weekend of Jan. 18-19 marked the Second Sunday in ...

The grave error Lawrence makes and which the movie itself makes as a whole is treating certainty as the church s enemy and ...

Mass may be offered for any end or intention that tends to the honor and glory of God, to the good of the Church or the welfare ... Mass is one said in black vestments and with special prayers ...

A trove of emails shows the team’s leadership using its influence in New Orleans to aid the archdiocese, including writing ...

Two years after a devastating fire, a historic church in Kansas is rebuilt and rededicated, as the faithful rally to cover ...

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