Was your first thought, “We have to go to Mass again?” Or was it, “We get to go to Mass again!” Christmas 2023 was a whirlwind of celebrations for pastors and parishioners. Christmas fell on a Monday.

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – All Saints Day is a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church on Nov. 1. Then, on Nov. 2, the Catholic Church celebrates All Souls Day, which falls on the same day Dia de los Muertos ...

Whenever the Solemnity of the Ascension is transferred to the following Sunday rather than celebrated on the traditional day of the previous Thursday — as is now the case in the majority of U.S.