You will know that we are Christians by our love, but you will know that we are Catholics by our fights. Sadly, one of the things Catholics fight over is the Eucharist. In his June 29 apostolic letter ...

The Portland Archdiocese issues a liturgical handbook to ensure greater reverence for the Eucharist and the Mass. Archbishop Alexander Sample, shown celebrating Mass, says the aim of the ‘Archdiocesan ...

The liturgy, most especially the Mass, is the central act of the Church. Vatican II reminds us that “the liturgy, ‘through which the work of our redemption is accomplished, most of all in the divine ...

Over the past four summers I have gotten a break from doctoral studies in sacramental theology at the Atheneum of Sant’Anselmo in Rome by ministering at St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Rapid City, S.D. A ...

The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments has released a document today with suggestions and proposals for living out the Year of the Eucharist. The document, entitled "The ...

Two Lorain churches are partnering for the second year in a row June 2 to hold a joint Mass. St. Peter Parish, 3655 Oberlin Ave., and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, 418 W. 15th St., will ...

A video showing a crying elderly man approaching the altar during Mass — prompting the priest to interrupt the consecration ...

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 ...

The Eucharist rests on a paten on the altar in the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington, Del., May 27, 2021. The "sense of mystery" and awe Catholics should experience at Mass is prompted by an ...

In a letter to the leaders of the world's episcopal conferences, the head of the Vatican's office for worship and sacraments said that Catholic communities should return to Mass as soon as it can be ...

All Christians are called to pray. They must actively seek ways in which they can pray and pray well before God. The Church nurtures the life of prayer. She readily offers her various prayer methods ...