Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

Msgr. Stephan Lipke received episcopal consecration as the new Auxiliary Bishop of the vast diocese of Novosibirsk. Born in Germany, a Jesuit by vocational choice, in Russia motivated by missionary ...

And so we’re incredibly grateful to those who are in consecrated life for their daily witness, and for saying “yes” to the ...

When I die, I want my remains to be cremated and my ashes to be scattered in the mall nearby.” When her children asked why, her response was: “So that you will be present and be with me at least once ...

The Eucharist is not simply a cultural legacy. It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing ...

The Jubilee Year of Hope anthem in the Catholic Church of England and Wales is in reggae-pop style from Ooberfuse and the nuns of Walsingham, marking a change ...

It is important to remember, too, that St. Paul on various occasions encouraged ... This is something for us to keep in mind when we meet Jesus in prayer. It is important that we bring our whole ...

One of the California wildfires had destroyed it, leaving only the foundation, debris, and singed concrete statues of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Joseph. They said a prayer near the statue of Mary — ...

Method: The prayer ... Joseph. On each of the twelve green beads recite: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world ...

As St. Irenaeus says ... a glimpse of the mystery of his total consecration to a mission that flows from his divine sonship: "Did you not know that I must be about my Father's work?" (Lk 2:49 alt) ...

Catholics in consecrated life – including many more that only religious sisters – will gather on Sunday, Feb. 2 for Mass to give thanks for those who have radically committed their lives to God.