The Monday and Tuesday of Holy Week are known as Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, but in Western Christianity, these days do not have widespread particular traditions or liturgy associated with them. The ...

This year, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation, falls on the Second Sunday of Advent. So, are Catholics obligated to go to Mass twice? The answer is yes. The ...

Pope Leo will also celebrate a Mass for the soul of the late Pope Francis and deceased cardinals the following day.

On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and laypeople solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter’s Square to begin the first liturgy of Holy Week. “Dear ...

Pope Francis wished a "Happy Palm Sunday and Happy Holy Week" to the faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square following the conclusion of a mass presided over by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri on his ...

I just read a jarring statistic that 72% of self-identified Catholics in the United States do not attend Mass every week. That fact was reported in an April 12 “short read” from the Pew Research ...

More than 250,000 palm and olive branches and more than 20,000 pilgrims filled St. Peter's Square for Palm Sunday at the Vatican — and finally, as the Mass concluded, Pope Francis was there, too. The ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

ROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday blessing at St. Peter's Basilica. The faithful also worshipped Sunday at Holy Name Cathedral, where the new pope was honor with a special ...

AUBURN — The Rev. Michael Brown remembers his first time in Holy Family Church in 1982. Brown, then a softball-playing seminarian, was in Auburn for a weekend tournament. He stayed overnight at the ...