Some Roman Catholic prelates have done all they could to discourage U.S. circulation of the Dutch catechism (TIME, Aug. 18), a lively, undogmatic compendium of doctrine that reflects the most ...

A galloping horse opens the narrative of this myth. The events begin in Sinai. It is Year 1. AD. Anno Domini. The year of the Lord. An infant has marked this era and it is his tale that is going to be ...

Among the best ways to engage children and families at the Mass is to involve them as altar servers, readers, or members of a choir.

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for great development, greater riches and so on that children ...

Jesuit missionary St. Peter Canisius leveraged the printing press to counter Protestant errors and spread Catholic teaching.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, the nation's patronal church, has been named ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin ... 101 1291 A custom of the Roman Church facilitated the development of the Western practice: a double ...

Indiana Rep. Bob Morris, R-Fort Wayne, recently filed legislation to repeal the death penalty in Indiana and had asked Gov.

Neither the Roman Catholic nor Eastern Catholic churches permit ... in a plenary meeting signed a declaration of belief in the truth of the whole Catechism of the Catholic Church. The declaration said ...

‘The liturgical form of Advent as it now exists in the Roman Catholic Church has gone through certain ... readings and responses for the Advent Masses. The Catechism of the Catholic Church captures ...

Discover the legacy behind St. Francis Xavier, the inspiring 16th-century Catholic missionary. Learn why Kolkata chose to ...