Five minutes from here, the landscape is all ash and ruin. But inside this small chapel, there is a kaleidoscope of stained-glass light and a single man sitting bathed in that light. The man is ...

The announcement earlier this week that the Vatican is organizing a global, simultaneous eucharistic adoration for Sunday has really caught people's imaginations. Pope Francis will preside over ...

In the current practice of the Catholic Church in the United States, people are free to receive Communion either in the open hand or on the tongue. Although I have not conducted a survey, my ...

The Year of the Holy Cross in Ukraine will conclude on the Sept. 14 feast day with a liturgy and the Stations of the Cross at the Shrine of the Lord’s Passion in Sharhorod, Ukraine. Dioceses in Italy, ...

There are many different ways of praying. After giving a strong foundation to its teachings on prayer, the Catechism of the Catholic Church shifts and begins to dissect the many different ways of ...

Today's "growing culture of indifference and individualism" must be countered with prayer and adoration, which inspires solidarity with those in need, Pope Francis said. Charitable efforts guided and ...

Twice a week, Luisa Arguello and her husband spend from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. praying in the perpetual adoration chapel at St.

Earlier this week Pope Francis released a letter to the people and asked for all the faithful to pray and fast in penance for the atrocities of the recent sex abuse scandal. “I invite the entire holy ...

more than 11 years ago. "That's for you," she whispered. The priest had just been calling for additional volunteers to take one hour a week to pray in a tiny chapel just off the main sanctuary. That ...