Understanding the difference between Churches and rites helps avoid common misunderstandings in liturgical discussions.

INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday (July 18) afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of ...

The National Eucharistic Congress is fast approaching. The Congress is scheduled for July 17-21 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The event is part of the Church’s ongoing push to evangelize and ...

Eastern Catholic churches must strengthen their liturgical identity, especially given ongoing conflicts in many of the homelands of those churches and the continuing migration of Eastern Catholics to ...

The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, the highest decision-making body of the India-based Eastern Catholic Church, has approved the resolution of a liturgy dispute that had troubled the ...

Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...

Pope Francis has urged Syro-Malabar Catholics opposed to the introduction of a uniform liturgy to take the “difficult and painful step” of accepting the change. In a three-page letter addressed to ...

TULSA, Okla. — Catholic churches across eastern Oklahoma gathered together to hold Mass and pray for the College of Cardinals ahead of the Papal Conclave that begins on Wednesday. "It was a Mass ...

VATICAN CITY — Eastern Catholic churches must strengthen their liturgical identity, especially given ongoing conflicts in many of the homelands of those churches and the continuing migration of ...