In his daily homily Pope Francis stressed the importance of having a personal encounter with Jesus, and said that there are three languages needed in order to get to know him. "Some people begin to ...

( The following is the text of the homily given by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, for the Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5 ...

COVINGTON, Ky. — The day after Father Daniel Schomaker took up his duties in 2017 as pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, he met with the parish school ...

For the better part of 40 years in churches across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, clergy ceded the floor to laypeople for the delivery of the homily — the sermon that follows the reading of ...

Priests who give boring homilies could take a cue from Pope Francis, known for his off-the-cuff riffs. (Credit: CNS Listen Ever doze off during a particularly boring Sunday homily? You’re probably not ...

Pope Francis made waves last weekend with his off-the-cuff remarks calling homilies at Catholic churches "a disaster." Most of the headlines, including NCR's, highlighted the pope's advice to ...

EDINA, Minn. - Archbishop John Nienstedt says Catholic bishops have failed in their response to the clergy-abuse crisis. A Minneapolis Public Radio report says the comments are part of prepared ...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis called most Catholic homilies “a disaster.” Well, we’re doing something about it. This week, Ashley and Zac welcome Ricardo da Silva, S.J., their colleague and the host ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As news events made headlines across the United States for months last year — particularly the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America — priests’ homilies did ...