. . . I suspect your priest was thinking of the four categories we traditionally use to describe different kinds of prayer: ...

This year the National Day of Prayer will take place on Thursday, May 4. America suffers from increasing social crises that have physical and psychological aspects and which appear resistant to ...

“Receive the Holy Spirit,” said the risen Lord to his apostles. “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” The sacrament of Penance, ...

But Truth, to him, is a grand ideal. “I believe in the Truth,” he tells me. “I think there is such a thing as Truth.” Dropping back into the lower case, he continues: “I’ve always told the truth. If ...

Vatican City (Fides Service) - The formula of the Act of Contrition may vary a little according to the language. The Catechism of the Catholic Church in English gives the follow text: “O my God, I am ...

Worshippers at the Mass of Reparation and Prayer for Healing in Raleigh on Sept. 25, 2018. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — In the end, it didn’t matter much what the bishop said ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Standing in front of the altar Tuesday (Sept. 25) in Raleigh’s Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama took his violet zucchetto from his head and fell to his ...