Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and ...

BELIEVE it or not, God stopped world war at least three times in the last century. After two popes — Pius XII in 1942 and ...

Recently I celebrated the funeral of Annette Stein from St. Mathias in Hampton. Annette was 88 years old, and of late suffered from dementia. Days before her death, I anointed Annette at a Red Wing ...

Discerning one’s God-given vocation was a core element of SEEK 2026, with Sister Catherine Rotterman of the Felician Sisters of North America, who was on hand at the Fort Worth gathering, saying the ...

As the world enters a new calendar year on January 1, 2026, the Catholic Church marks this beginning with a convergence of meaning: the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the 59th World Day of ...

In the Book of Numbers, this blessing follows the instructions regarding the consecration of the Nazirites, highlighting the sacred and fruitful dimension of offering gifts within the relationship ...

I have them all in a book. Eight volumes, really. They are in prayer books called breviaries. I treasure my friends their pages. Priests and religious promise to pray what is called “The Liturgy of ...

Q: If the church’s new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) a holy day of obligation? A: You are correct that the church’s liturgical new year ...

(OSV News) — When Pope St. Paul VI reformed the church’s calendar, one of the things he did was restore the solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, back to Jan. 1. This was the more ...

The psalm we pray for the feast of the Holy Family begins: "Blest are those who fear the Lord." That's an unfortunate translation. At first glance, fear of the Lord sounds like an attitude of ongoing ...

All are welcome to celebrate Christmas with Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville. The Christmas week schedule concludes with Masses on Jan. 1. Christmas Eve ...