VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Members of the Orthodox churches, the Assyrian Church of the East and the Polish ... For those not receiving Holy Communion: All who are not receiving Holy Communion are encouraged to express ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff.

Reception of holy Communion on the tongue has been a tradition of the Church for more than 15 centuries. It began, largely, as an effort to affirm that the Eucharist was not a symbol or a ritual ...

A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful ...

Every year, thousands of seven- and eight-year-olds across the UK take their First Holy Communion, an important rite of ...

Holy Thursday and the Last Supper is the culmination of the Divine Drama in the Greek Orthodox Church: The last day of Jesus Christ on earth ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17 1936 in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, the eldest of five children in a ...

Many devout Christians spend the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday attending a variety of services. We also know ...

The Register presents five of Tissot’s works that reflect Christ’s path, with reflections.

Today is Monday, March 31, the 90th day of 2025. There are 275 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On March 31, 1968, at the conclusion of a ...