The pope also encouraged everyone to “open our hearts and minds to the Lord Jesus, born of Mary Immaculate” as the Church ...

The whole of Christian life is meant to be permeated and marked by the liturgy and the sacraments. The hallmark of the daily Catholic adult ... water to remind of our baptism, holy candles to ...

Rev. Thomas Rausch, a professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University, told USA TODAY the installation is in no way a substitute for or equivalent to the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation.

Pope Francis has decided the next world Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, which will take place in October 2022, will have the theme: "For a synodal church: Communion, participation and mission." ...

VATICAN CITY, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in order to address cases where priests ...

Some denominations really lean into the fire imagery with the Spirit, especially more Charismatic or Pentecostal denominations. Yet the “baptism of fire” is meant for all believers. And we can learn ...

Now, a team from the University of Bologna in Italy has linked symbols on ancient Mesopotamian seals with an archaic visual communication system called proto-cuneiform; an art form which would in time ...

The Jerusalem Cross and the phrase "Deus [lo] vult" (Latin for "God wills"), the elements of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, are symbols ... work of the Catholic Church ...

While acknowledging that reports have asserted its symbols “have been embraced by what have been described as Christian and white nationalists,” it did not accuse the defense secretary nominee of ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday announced plans in April to canonize a teenage web designer who documented miracles online and used his tech skills to maintain websites for local Catholic organizations.