About halfway through the western route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, the Perpetual Pilgrims took a quiet respite from the road on Saturday, June 8, to attend an age-old Byzantine Catholic ...

With this column, we come to the end of the first essential part of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Word. The Lord gathers his people to worship His Father on Sunday, and at other times, as well. He fir ...

When I first became a believer, it was in the context of a small non-denominational group of Evangelical charismatics who lived on my dorm floor. I knew from nothing about Christianity when I became a ...

The spiritual life is rich, beautiful, and complex. Nothing can exhaust the spiritual treasury of the Church or the soul that seeks union with God. Nothing can quench the desire within the human heart ...

A careful reading of the Eucharistic prayers (12 have been approved for use by the church) shows that the purpose of the ...

The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in some respects looks like a traditional Mass with a rite (the veneration of the cross) added. It is not. First of all, it is not a Mass because no consecration of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday (July 18) afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of ...

The life of prayer of the Christian disciple is not a disorganized, loose act of personal whim or preference. Christian prayer is born from a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. It is grounded upon ...

Several years ago, once my boys were old enough not to need the steadying presence of my husband and me in the pew, I joined my church choir. I had sung in my middle school and high school choruses, ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, ...

Bishop Michael Martin wrote that his guidelines are to strengthen unity in worship, uphold the church's liturgical norms and encourage active participation by the faithful.