Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Episcopal Church presiding bishop, Pope Pius IV ...

Mary, here sleeping as St. Joseph cradles the infant Jesus in a stained-glass window at St. Patrick Church in Smithtown, N.Y., knew what she was in for when she accepted God’s call for her divine ...

In an historic move that has sent ripples of joy through the subcontinent and the global Catholic community, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has officially announced that St ...

The polarization of the Catholic Church in the United States sometimes seems as entrenched as our nation's political divides. Indeed, the gradual sorting of the nation into two ideologically opposed ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the institution ...

1106. "Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine . . ...

Scripture for Life: In Christ, the Lamb of God, we are called and therefore capable of bringing God's light to our world. Today, we are the ones Isaiah proclaims, formed from the womb to gather the ...