The Mass is not an informal gathering of a group of people. It is a sacred moment before God. This is why the Missal gives the formal, stylized greeting that the priest is expected to use.

Furthermore, this greeting draws our attention to the Trinitarian dimension of the Liturgy. In Liturgy, all three persons of the Trinity are taking us up into their life as the one God and forming ...

The services, as a rule, began at 9:30 o'clock and lasted until the new year came in. Midnight mass was celebrated in many of the Roman Catholic Churches. Arion Society Has a Reception.

U.S. Catholics’ religious observance varies widely. Find out how often they take Communion, pray the rosary and attend a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic ...