St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church combines faith and spirit of Mardi Gras for annual Jazz Mass

As many worshippers filled churches for Sunday service, one Long Beach church combined their faith with the spirit of Mardi ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan presides over final Mass as leader of Archdiocese of New York

Sunday morning marked the end of an era in New York City, as Timothy Cardinal Dolan presided over his last Mass as archbishop after nearly 17 years in the post​.
Gloucester Daily Times

UPDATE: Memorial Mass for FV Lily Jean to be held Sunday afternoon; counselors on hand

As Gloucester and the fishing community mourns the loss of the seven people aboard the fishing vessel Lily Jean, all are ...
Religion UnpluggedOpinion

Enslaved To Ordained: ‘Father Gus’ Belongs At The Center Of Black History Month

Born enslaved, rejected by U.S. seminaries and ordained in Rome, Augustus Tolton became the first publicly recognized Black ...
National Catholic Register

Making Reparation in England’s Lost Catholic Churches

The Society of St. Justin Martyr has a simple yet profound three-fold spiritual purpose: to pray in pre-Reformation former places of Catholic worship as an act of reparation for past wrongs, to pray ...
National Catholic Register

Loving Our Neighbor: This Religious Sister Confronts Suicide in Bangladesh

How aware am I of my neighbor or their mental status, and what can I do to help? ... We also have to work on our mental ...
The News-Gazette

Final Mass set Sunday at Bement's St. Michael Catholic Church

Almost exactly 112 years after the current building’s dedication, St. Michael Catholic Church will celebrate its final Mass on Sunday. Almost exactly 112 years after its dedication, St. Michael ...
Miami Herald

‘Renew our hearts’: Miami Catholic leader and pope have Christmas messages

Pope Leo XIV carries the statue of the Baby Jesus at the end of the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2025. ANDREAS SOLARO AFP via Getty Images As Christians ...
WPLG

Here are the Catholic churches planning a bilingual Christmas midnight mass in Miami-Dade

Catholics who are loyal to tradition may plan to attend a Christmas midnight mass, also known in Spanish as the “Misa De Gallo,” in Miami-Dade County. The celebration at the Church of the Little ...
CNN

‘We are still here.’ Catholic patriarch leads Christmas Mass at Gaza church bombed by Israel during the war

The most senior Catholic cleric in the Holy Land urged Palestinians “not just to survive” but to “rebuild life” in Gaza as he led Christmas Mass there on Sunday, against the backdrop of apocalyptic ...
The Boston Globe

Brown mourns victims at Catholic mass: ‘Our community is a source of hope’

PROVIDENCE — Father Justin Bolger’s Sunday homily started with three words: “I’m so sorry.” Bolger is the associate chaplain for the Catholic community at Brown University, in which one of the two ...
The Baltimore Sun

3 Catholic churches in Dundalk shuttered. But Thanksgiving polka Mass prevails.

The organ bench at Our Lady of Hope was vacant as parishioners celebrated Mass on Thanksgiving Day. Instead, the Catholic church in Dundalk was filled with the foot-tapping zest of an accordion, ...