A priest’s role in the Church extends beyond preaching and pastoral care; it involves celebrating the sacred liturgy.

Deacons wear it diagonally across the chest; priests and bishops ... liturgical services outside of the Mass. The cope adds an element of grandeur and solemnity. At HaftinaUSA.com, we understand that ...

What is the Mass? A. The Mass is the unbloody sacrifice ... A cope or large silk cloak and a humeral or shoulder veil. A. The priest wears special vestments and uses certain ceremonies while ...

A pub at East Village Place assisted living is transformed on Sundays and Tuesdays, so the retired priest can celebrate ...

Retired priest Father John "Jack" Roach has made an impact on the Catholic residents at East Village Place by celebrating mass in his new home.

Afterward, an existing clergy member gave each new priest a stole and chasuble, a vestment worn for celebrating Mass. O’Malley concluded the ceremony with a message to the packed cathedral ...

A suspect who allegedly killed a Mass. priest in Spain has been arrested and identified, according to local media reports.

The Chargers’ Dean Spanos, the Giants’ John Mara, the Chiefs’ Clark Hunt, the Bengals’ Mike Brown and the Cardinals’ Michael ...

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 ...

A Moroccan man is facing charges after the mysterious death of a Massachusetts priest in Spain. The Rev. Richard Gross, 80, died on Jan. 20, in Malaga, Spain, as he was preparing for a cruise, ...

The pope, dressed in red vestments, continued presiding, reading parts of the Mass. Cardinals, priests and bishops took part in the service that commemorates what the Bible says was Jesus’ entry ...

Bishop Thomas A. Daly of Spokane, Wash., kneeling in purple vestments, turns as a man rushes the altar and throws ...