Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.

Argentine-born Pope Francis was forced Sunday to interrupt his homily in St. Peter's Square during the Armed Forces Jubilee ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

Pope Francis appointed Tuesday a new leader of the Catholic Church in metro Detroit, naming Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of ...

AT least 300,000 Catholic devotees illuminated dark streets of Cebu City with candles and prayers as they participated in the Walk with Mary at 3 a.m. on Friday. The penitential procession marked the ...

After a brief silence, the penitential rite continues ... Following a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession. Then, in preparation for holy Communion, all recite the Lord's Prayer.

Asking for prayers, she said it would be better to ... parents for their child,” Bishop Daniel Thomas said. During the penitential celebration on the eve of the Synod on Synodality, confessions ...

Dr. Matt Friedeman holds the John M. Case Chair of Evangelism and Discipleship at Wesley Biblical Seminary in Ridgeland, Mississippi. He is the husband of Mary, the dad of six kids and the author of ...

Christians around the world began the liturgical season of Lent. The start of Lent is determined by the date of Easter, which fluctuates from year to year. Easter is determined as ...

Originally, this tallying device served to monitor penitential exercises ... The transfer of the name rosary from the prayer form to the physical object took place at the beginning of the sixteenth ...

united in prayer and devotion,” a statement by the Basilica said on Jan. 18, the eve of the feast day. Hundreds of thousands also joined the Penitential Walk on Jan. 16, and other activities like the ...

4 The order of the Mass retained references to Mary in the penitential rite, the creed, each of the four Eucharistic Prayers, and was added in two solemn blessings. The tone is no longer emphasizing ...