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

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

According to traditional Catholic teaching, the moral value of a human act depends on its object, end and circumstances. The object is the direction of the act; it is what you chose to do.

It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or Christmas day. All make the Sign of the Cross. The leader begins: Our help is in the name of the Lord. In those days a decree went out from Caesar ...

Drawing inspiration from the traditional Festival of Lessons and Carols ... Elizabeth II and The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. “The Christmas Eve carol service at Westminster Abbey ...

Trump, Hosting Israel’s Leader, Says Palestinians Should Leave Gaza “They have no alternative right now” but to leave, President Trump said shortly before he welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Themes: The story of the birth of Jesus; celebrating Christmas. Summary: This assembly, suitable for an act of collective worship, is for Christmas time and focuses on the Christian story of the ...

Kim Passoth anchors our 4 and 6 p.m. newscasts weekdays alongside John Huck. She is a seasoned journalist having worked in local newsrooms across the country, reporting in small towns like Great ...

La Croix: What is the meaning of Christmas in Orthodoxy ... a fast starting on November 15—longer than Advent in the Catholic tradition. This liturgical period features special Sundays, such ...

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24, 2024, and will continue through Jan. 6, 2026. But what is a Jubilee, and what is this year’s about?