A pair of Presbyterian Church (USA) pastors and hymnwriters, Stephen M. Fearing and Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, joined earlier this month to offer a virtual workshop on hymns that resist Christian ...

At the May 27 general audience, Pope Leo XIV urged priests to respect the “norms of the liturgy” and not to make changes to the Mass “on their own initiative,” in order to avoid confusing the faithful ...

Experts say some of the lessons are at odds with the historical record or inflate the role of Christianity in major events.

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given May 27 in St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers ...

Pope Leo’s catechesis focused on the Second Vatican Council's constitution, “Sacrosanctum Concilium,” a document that ...

Amid renewed tensions between the Vatican and traditionalist Catholics over the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV defended Church reform as a legitimate process that adapts to current needs while remaining rooted in authentic ...

Pope Leo’s catechesis focused on the Second Vatican Council’s constitution, ‘Sacrosanctum Concilium,’ a document that transformed the way Catholics celebrate Mass. Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims ...

Christ is present in the liturgy -- in the word that is proclaimed, in the sacraments, in the ministers, in the community and most of all in the Eucharist, Pope Leo XIV said."Let us allow ourselves to ...

The patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church is a vocal backer of Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Systema, RFE/RL’s Russian ...

Bickett, Alice, 61, died on Friday. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. William Catholic Church. Burial: St. William Cemetery. Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m., with prayers at 6 p.m., ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...