How does everyone know what to do at Mass? You probably have some sense that there must be some place where all who are involved in the celebration of Mass will find out who does what, where, why, wh ...

Indeed, "during the leisure hours of vacation occasions for reading are plentiful," mused Pope Pius XII in a discourse on the ...

Jesus doesn't answer the question put to Him in this Sunday's Gospel. It profits us nothing to speculate on how many will be ...

These last few weeks, I have spent traveling in the missions of Ethiopia with Daria Braithwaite, our Mission Education ...

Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain range of central Italy. On his last full day in Castel ...

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- El Papa León XIV pidió a los católicos que observaran el 22 de agosto como día de oración y ayuno por la paz y la justicia, especialmente en Ucran ...

Q: I'm retired and I volunteer with my parish to do the tech stuff to livestream some of the parish's Masses online. Sometimes I livestream funerals for people who have family members who can& ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency tasked with enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment, said Aug. 18 it has taken ...

Archbishop Richard G. Henning is encouraging all pastors in the Archdiocese of Boston to hold a special collection for relief efforts in Gaza. In a letter to the pastors dated Aug. 15, t ...

CONCORD -- "How do you do this?" Jean Gifford was once asked about being a parish nurse, and she couldn't think of a simple answer. Gifford, better known as "Nurse Jean," has served as parish nurse at ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston was vandalized on Aug. 14, the eve of the feast of the Assumption. A call to Boston Police that morning repo ...

Sister of St. Chretienne Pauline Fortin went to the hospital for the first time in her life this year. The 89-year-old sister missed the Easter Triduum at St. Anne Parish in Salem, where she ...