At the Sunday Angelus, the pope prayed for “a just and lasting peace” as the Church closed a monthlong Marian appeal for ...

Three major solemnities fall back-to-back-to-back over the next three Sundays. These include the celebrations of the Most Holy Trinity, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) and the ...

Mass Readings: Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Psalm 33:4-22; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20. Happy Trinity Sunday! This is one of those majestic feasts that we ought to celebrate in a bigger way, but ...

Sunday, June 12, is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Mass readings: Proverbs 8:22-31; Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity we do well to ...

How many of us have rejoiced or lamented being identified simply as the brother, sister, mother, cousin or friend of another? Have said to ourselves, "I want to be known for who I am, not defined by ...

Today, May 31 is the 151st day of the year and 214 more days to the end of the year. Today is World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), observed by the World Health Organization to highlight the health risks of ...

A surefire way to lose your congregation’s attention is to start a homily with “In today’s Gospel reading,” says Thomas Groome. “The purpose of good preaching,” he says, “is to bring our lives to God ...

Holy water distribution on Holy Saturday morning, Published by La Ilustración Española y Americana, Photogravure on paper. 5 April 1876 © Alamy. Source: Christian Art. Gospel o ...