Almost all English dioceses reported a significant increase in both catechumens and candidates at the Rite of Election at the start of Lent this year.

Within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and similar traditions, formal blessings of the church are performed ... has been introduced into Roman Catholic worship as well.

The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

Jesuit Fr. John Courtney Murray gave a speech to journalists that became National Catholic Reporter's manifesto when the ...

What are the three relics of the passion housed in St. Peter’s Basilica? As on every fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome displayed the Veil of Veronica for public veneration. But what ...

(Submitted by Larry Michaels and Krista Michaels) This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: History Spotlight: St. Joseph Catholic Church ...

The host, or bread, with red marks had fallen out of a Mass kit at St. Anthony Church. “Throughout the history of the Catholic Church, there have been well-documented miracles and apparitions ...