O my God, I am heartly sorry for having offended you, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend you, my God, who are ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

The full title of the document — Exsul Familia Nazarethana, or “The Exiled Nazarene Family” — refers to Jesus, Mary and ...

Can we start with an introduction to some of the Black Catholic sisters in your book? Absolutely. Subversive Habits tells what I consider to be the story of America’s real sister act: the story ...

Be truly sorry for your sins. The essential act of Penance, on the part of the penitent, is contrition, a clear and decisive rejection of the sin committed, together with a resolution not to ...

At one point considered a frontrunner among the papabili, meaning candidates who could be elected pope, he is considered one of the Catholic Church’s ... have said is an act of retaliation ...

Over the centuries the word church also came to refer to the acts of religious service, which a church community held. So, when people talk of 'going to church' or 'attending church' they mean ...

The Act also laid down the conditions under which the Crown could be held. No Roman Catholic, nor anyone married to a Roman Catholic, could hold the Crown. The Sovereign now had to swear to maintain ...

Another Ash Wednesday will soon be upon us, marking the beginning of another Lent. The pace and predictability of the ...

Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne ...