ROMAN BOOKS ... reception of the mass. He also presents liturgical developments within the broader historical and theological contexts that affected the celebration and experience of the sacramental ...

Three years after being approved by the U.S. Catholic bishops, updates to the ritual texts for distribution of holy Communion ...

Before the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic Church's unity behind the successor of St.

Six weeks from this Sunday, on Nov. 27, the First Sunday of Advent, the Catholic Church in the United States will begin praying a new English translation of the Mass. After 10 years of study and ...

The change is the result of a new translation of the Roman Missal ... the Mass and its final product have been the subject of a fierce debate within Church circles. The Catholic blogosphere ...

"Women and the diaconate cannot be the exception to synodality," writes Anna Robertson. Doing so "risk(s) undermining the ...

For centuries, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have been chosen at ... the conclave begins with a special morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. In the afternoon, the cardinals walk to the ...

It wasn’t a raging inferno or a chemical explosion or a fall from an angled ladder that took the life of FDNY Lt. Joseph Maiello. Maiello died of natural causes while on duty in his Staten ...

Anyone raised Catholic will remember that Sunday mass revolves around the mystery of the Eucharist, arguably the most essential sacred tradition in the Catholic faith. This Roman Catholic teaching ...

Little brings more heavenly bliss to the faithful or otherworldly wonder to casual visitors than ethereal hymns cascading ...

An unholy argument over a hymn has struck a discordant note in the preparations for the main event of Pope Francis' trip to ...