In an undelivered consistory address, the prefect for the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments ...

Anthropologists have long reported that funerals and other rituals can create a profound sense of bonding that can outlive ...

Unlike the Traditional Latin Mass, which refers to the form of the Roman Rite prior to the reforms of Vatican II, ad orientem ...

Faith-based travel, particularly in the form of pilgrimage to one sacred site or a series thereof, has drawn travellers the ...

In his opening address to the consistory yesterday, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed to the cardinal participants that they will have the opportunity to “engage in a communal reflection” on four themes already ...

Explore the evolution of funeral practices in Italy from Roman times to modern Catholic rites, including processions, mourning customs, and the preservation of ancient rituals ...

A leaked document that was distributed to cardinals during Pope Leo XIV's first extraordinary consistory shows that any ...

Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter announcing the impending abolishment of altar rails and ...

Like teenage girls across the Americas, Kassandra Rivas dreamed of having a quinceañera party, the rite of passage for ...

A new Michigan Historical Marker to be placed along Seven Mile Road will formally identify the strip as Chaldean Town, recognizing the neighborhood that, for much of the 20th century, served as the ...

The pageant at St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Clifton is known as a vertep — and the "zhyd" who opposes ...

Epiphany concludes the Christmas holiday season. Also known as the Twelfth Day of Christmas, this day commemorates the day ...