Notable exceptions are the feasts which specifically celebrate the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and Assumption, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, and the celebration of the Immaculate Heart ...

A recent Eucharistic procession in Derry, Ireland, highlighted an inspiring revival of Catholic faith in a city synonymous with some dark days in Ireland’s troubled history.

“I am not exiled, I am liberated. I do not feel exiled, but liberated,” emphasized Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez during ...

As we pray for our sick, let us also pray for our sick earth. “God of all Creation, in Jesus, we pray for a spirit of wisdom stewarding our resources, our gifts of the earth and faithfulness to act in ...

2177 The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart ... the feast of the Body and Blood of Christi, the feast of Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception ...

What an awesome responsibility they face every day ... prayer: “And may we not lose heart.” The Gospel for this year’s feast of the Holy Family references the heart of the Blessed Virgin ...

On the large beads is said: Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary ... following prayer: There are twenty-five beads for this chaplet. Many persons have received special graces by reciting this ...

Gregory the Great often attended on her feast and ... thou wilt fill my heart with its gracious light. All is pure where thou deignest in love to dwell, Or where thine own immaculate foot may ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so ...

The leader of the USCCB has commended the move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith.

Sherrie Calgado was told that her older half-sister Mary Day had run away in 1981. But that explanation became increasingly insufficient for Sherrie, who was 10 when 13-year-old Mary vanished from ...