The pandemic, for all its horrors, pulled Catholics into the digital age. Parishes scrambled to livestream Masses. Leaders such as Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland launched popular live talks from his home chapel. With aplomb, ...
Hours before his inauguration as president, Joe Biden and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris were joined by the spouses and congressional leaders from both political parties for what was termed a Mass of thanksgiving early ...
The Vatican decreed that priests can celebrate as many as four Masses on several important feast days, including Christmas, to accommodate the participation of the faithful. In a decree published in Latin Dec. 16, Cardinal Robert ...
The path to adoption for Mandy and Keegan Wilson looked nothing like they envisioned. "Adoption is something I wanted to do since I was in high school," Mandy Wilson said. "I have friends who have placed ...
Easter of 2020 was like no other in living memory. Churches across the nation, and across the world, were practically empty as the great throngs of people that typically crowd places of worship on that ...
Dr. Thomas McGovern, a Catholic surgeon, radio host, former infectious disease researcher and member of the Thomistic Institute’s COVID-19 working group, writes that as the holidays approach, the pandemic is getting worse. As Catholics, he ...
Although COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have shuttered public celebrations around the world, Catholics in Chile still should find meaningful ways to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the first Mass celebrated in the country, Pope Francis said. Despite ...
As we continue through the pandemic, what norms are priests asked to follow during the Mass? In his latest Pastoral Answers column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that wearing a mask while dispensing a sacrament is ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about the critical need for Mass, and for Mass to be celebrated with faithful attention by the priest. Lopez says, “We must pray for priests. We must support and encourage them. ...
Monsignor Charles Pope addresses the moral culpability of getting vaccines that are made from aborted fetal cells. He explains that while we are never free to directly cooperate in evil, we do however, often find ...
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