The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition ... Sancti [the seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit] in the Byzantine rite. 1321 When Confirmation is celebrated separately ...

It also “unites us more firmly to Christ…” and “it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us” (CCC 1303). From this we see that the effects of confirmation are very Trinitarian.

The cardinal emphasized that “unceasing prayer and invocation of the Holy Spirit” constitute “the ... “The international reality of the Catholic Church is mirrored in the Catholic Church ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...

Love is simple, says Reverend Paul Anthony Daniels, because “in its most visceral form,” it boils down to three things: spit, ...

While I continue to grieve for those whose lives have been forever changed by this catastrophe, friends and colleagues among ...

The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls Catholics around the world to embark on a holy journey ... In early January, Catholic news outlets released ...

This year marked the 55th time the diocese has hosted the Mass in collaboration with the St. Thomas More Society, an organization of Catholic ... power and the gift of the Holy Spirit, who draws ...

During a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church that has the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” the archdiocese’s 2025 Annual Catholic ...

Jennifer Mauro Managing Editor Catholic Star Herald I consider myself a resilient person. But lately, my resilience has been ...