Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, is pictured in a 2022 file photo. In an interview with OSV News, Cardinal Roche warned that ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has rejected a request by the German Bishops’ Conference to allow lay faithful, in exceptional circumstances, to preach the homily during the celebration of the Eucharist.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A Vatican ruling that bars laypeople, including women, from preaching the homily at Mass is testing the limits of Pope Leo XIV’s early signals of openness to women’s leadership in ...

The Rev. Kurt Young says nothing is off-limits, but treads carefully around hot topics. Deacon Eddy Beckendorf works to make it relatable, such as telling the story about the time he got hit by a ...

After being handed the crozier, the shepherd’s staff, during his installation as the new bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West ...

On the morning of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding July 4, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass at the ...

(The following is the text of a homily given by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, during a special ...

Preaching the homily during the celebration of Mass is "intrinsically linked to the proclamation of the Gospel" and is therefore restricted to ordained priests and deacons, the Vatican has said. In a ...

The Vatican Publishing House released the English edition of 'The Lord Holds Us by the Hand' on June 24. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Vatican's Teutonic Cemetery for ...

Father Gregory S. Thompson received a warm welcome at his new parish at Sacred Heart Church in Manassas. Bishop Michael F.

The Catholic Community of Gloucester & Rockport was already mourning the loss of one of it priests as his visa was expiring, but learned Friday morning the Nigerian had died.

BOSTON (WHDH) - Patients at Shriners Children’s Boston received a visit from a jolly pair Wednesday – Santa and Mrs. Claus came all the way from the North Pole to celebrate Christmas in July! The ...