At the Sunday Angelus, the pope prayed for “a just and lasting peace” as the Church closed a monthlong Marian appeal for ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded Tuesday to the announcement by the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco that she can no longer receive communion because of her stance on abortion access. She ...

With First Holy Communion season now at an end, debate has turned to whether the tradition will stay mainstream for much ...

Those who laud scientific advancement as the sine qua non of human civilization should take note of how easily the most industrial and scientifically advanced nations in the history of humanity were ...

Estimates for receiving Communion and going to confession among converts are based on interviews with 148 converts to ...

Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, N.J., elevates a chalice during a Nov. 5, 2025, Mass at the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln in St. Meinrad, Ind. The liturgy took place during a conference ...

Mary Ennis Meo wrote a fantastic article, “Communion Breakfast, A Tradition Worth Reviving,” over on the Catholic Stand website. It’s worth your read. Communion breakfasts used to be a fixed part of ...

Like nearly everybody else on the planet, I have been preoccupied with, concerned about and focused on the novel coronavirus pandemic over the last few weeks. It seems that every hour new information ...