Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought the Vatican’s Holy Year 2025 – designated as “Pilgrims of Hope” – to an end.

Holy orders is one of the seven sacraments. It, along with the sacrament of marriage, belongs to a special group of sacraments known as the sacraments of commitment. These two sacraments are ...

Ordained as a Baptist minister, the Civil Rights leader was well-versed in the church fathers, quoting St. Augustine in his famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” asserting that “an unjust law is no ...

Oneida Deputy Mayor Thomas Simchik joined the Common Council to celebrate the contribution Oneida’s Catholic schools make to education and the Oneida community during the Jan.

AS a veteran, I am proud to be Australian and to celebrate our national day and to know it is also celebrated liturgically by our Church, with special readings and prayers and welcomed by many of our ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin (pictured holding his staff and Saint Brigid's Cross) celebrated Mass today at Saint Brigid's Shrine in Faughart, Co Louth, the birthplace of Ireland's matron saint. In 1934, ...

On the Sunday morning of our Malawian mission trip, we headed to Saint Bernadette Parish in Chitula for Confirmation Day. The ...

On Jan. 9–10, the program sponsored a symposium titled “The Beauty of Truth: Navigating Society Today as a Catholic Woman,” ...

The "poor in spirit," to which Jesus refers in the Sermon on the Mount, are the humble people who live with an awareness of ...

Gathered with pastors and parish staff in person and online Jan. 27, Archbishop Bernard Hebda kicked off the 2026 Catholic Services Appeal (CSA) by noting their important role in the annual effort to ...

On January 30th, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John ...

Addressing a very new and often willful Christian community in Galatia, St. Paul offered the community a tool of discernment for their Christian life and development. He reminded them of the ...