VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

As a practising Catholic, I was raised to revere the Mass as the highest form of worship -- a sacred moment in which heaven touches earth and the faithful encounter the divine. Over the years, my ...

Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely ...

The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...

Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the person to whom lots of people look when they want to come in contact with God. John Prevost, 71, is ...

"The one thing that continuously baffles me is this idea that my work is mocking in some manner," the queer artist said. "I'm ...

Leo appealed for unity in a triptych of messages to priests who are celebrating a special Holy Year week in Rome dedicated to ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV doubled down on Friday on his appeal for unity in the polarized Catholic Church , urging priests to act ...

Is compromise possible that can respect both unity and diversity in the church? After the Second Vatican Council, the liturgy was translated from Latin into the vernacular so ordinary people could ...

And 83% of weekly attenders say receiving the Eucharist is essential to their Catholic identity, compared with 56% of Catholics who go to Mass once or twice a month and less than half of Catholics who ...

Bishop Michael Martin announced — citing "Traditionis Custodes" — that use of the Latin Mass would be discontinued in the four parishes that have recently been using the 1962 missal.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to ...