The Archdiocese of Detroit has launched an initiative asking Catholics to extend an invitation to someone to attend Christmas Mass. Our Sunday Visitor managing editor Scott Warden writes that, for many Catholics, hospitality doesn’t come ...
Most of us do not live with life altering physical disabilities like blindness and deafness. But we often can be blind and deaf to the will of God. Assistant editor Ava Lalor writes that on ...
In the wake of the August study by the Pew Research Center that says about two-thirds of Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence, most proposals to address this problem have focused on education. ...
A reader asks: “Does the Church give any guidance about what hymns or worship music can/should be used at Mass?” Monsignor Charles Pope answers that while Catholic Hymnals used in our parishes require ecclesiastical approval ...
A friend of Kathryn Jean Lopez recently celebrated his 10,000th Mass. Lopez writes: “A priest is supposed to celebrate Mass as it were his first, last and only Mass. And the sight of a priest ...
The word scapular comes from the Latin word scapula, meaning “shoulder.” Many religious wear larger, tunic-like scapulars as part of their habit, in different colors depending on the order, and smaller versions worn by lay ...
Unleavened bread is required for a valid liturgy since, historically, leavened bread was considered unclean
What do you see when the priest elevates the host at the consecration during Mass? This isn’t a trick question, but it’s one that goes to the heart of how we, as Catholics, should view ...
Lumen Gentium, the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, famously calls the Eucharist — the Mass — “the source and summit” of Christian life. But what is a Catholic to do when Mass ...
A few weeks ago I was making small talk with an acquaintance at my daughter’s softball game — a typical end-of-the-week conversation. It always starts the same: “Big plans this weekend?” And so I quickly ...
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