What happens when Mass attendance goes from 95 percent of the population to just 5 percent? Catholic churches get transformed into study halls, cafés, theaters and weight rooms in Montreal, the ...

“What does it mean to receive Jesus in Holy Communion? It’s like Jesus is giving us a big hug, saying, ‘I love you so much. I want you to be close to me always,’” says Russell Pollitt, S.J., pastor of ...

On the morning of May 7, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presided over the Mass Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice, spiritually preparing the cardinals for the Conclave. In his homily, he highlighted the ...

Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, N.D., recently reminded his flock of St. Paul's admonition about receiving Communion unworthily. “Catholics who separate their faith life from their professional and ...

On Saturday evening in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI marked the first day of this year’s Advent season with a challenge, and a call to Christians to accept the communion offered by God in ...

WASHINTON, D.C. — A new analysis from the Pew Research Center shows that many Catholic priests are holding to Pope Francis’ advice to keep their homilies on the shorter side, especially compared to ...