The second, and even more significant, move toward reverence was turning ad orientem, that is, the priest at the altar facing ...

A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful ...

Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about ...

In a high-profile instance, Davis is one of two Massachusetts legislators spearheading an effort to pass a bill that would criminalize sexual activity between an adult “in a position of trust ...

After the 8 a.m. Mass on March 19 ... to help prepare other items for the altar," he added. When Siciliano and his wife, Gail, have helped Jesuit High and St. Angela Merici Elementary schools ...

The Vatican said he was participating in the celebration of the Mass with other priests in the ... He was continuing to receive high-flow supplemental oxygen, delivered by a nasal tube, during ...

It is also the first time the Vatican mentions that the pope has participated in celebrating a Mass in the period.Children's prayers for the popeEarlier, dozens of children toting yellow and white ...

The pope loves you and is always waiting to meet you,'' Francis said.The Rev. Enzo Fortunato, president of the pontifical committee for World Children's Day who organized the event, said that the ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of Pope Francis in more than a month, showing the pontiff in a three-quarter view from behind wearing a purple stole typical of ...

In this picture released by the Vatican Press Hall Pope Francis celebrates a mass inside the chapel of the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Vatican Press Hall, Via AP ) ...