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

Catholic politics is as intense as the secular kind – particularly now, when clerics worldwide are at odds over how to respond to plummeting mass attendance ... asked the Vatican to investigate.

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition. During the month of June, 25 students who were selected from among 120 ...

Credit: ACI MENA In his homily, the Vatican envoy conveyed Pope Francis’ love and solidarity with Syria’s Christians, stating: “I am honored to be here as Pope Francis’ representative.

Now, Vance is the nation’s second-highest elected official and Burch will likely be the next ambassador to the Vatican ... adding that mass deportation is among his list of top concerns ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Faithful leave St. Peter’s Basilica at the end of a mass presided by Pope Francis at the Vatican, Sunday ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. It has come as something of a surprise to many in the Holy See that the Vatican bank fired a young couple ...

A Catholic priest from Massachusetts died “tragically” Jan. 20 in Spain, his order said. Father Richard K. Gross, 80, a Wrentham native, died in the city of Málaga while “preparing to ...

Police are investigating after a Catholic priest from Massachusetts died “tragically” last week in Spain while preparing for a cruise, according to his order. Rev. Richard K. Gross, 80, a ...

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 ...

Bóthar Na Naomh Church - Christmas Eve: Children’s Mass: 6.30 p.m.; Christmas Day: 9.30 a.m. & 11.30 a.m. St. Peter in Chains Church Moycarkey - Christmas Eve Mass at 7.30pm. Christmas Day Mass at ...