Editor’s Note: May 11 is World Day of Prayer for Vocations, a time to pray for the clergy and those in consecrated life. In ...

Prayers at the Graveside Aside from the time of mourning, the month of November, including especially All Saints' day and All Souls' day, is a traditional time for visiting graves, as is the ...

The tradition dates as far back as 601 AD, when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as permanent tradition, according to the Museum of the Bible. At this time, Lent ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois issued a heartfelt statement Wednesday in response to ...

The appeal came as the cardinals concluded their seventh general congregation — the daily meetings leading up to the start of ...

The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday ... when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as permanent tradition, according ...