Pope Francis’ recent apostolic letter Spiritus Domini changed canon law to permanently allow women to serve as acolytes and lectors. In a new report for Our Sunday Visitor, experts within the Church laud the change, ...
Through baptism and the sacrament of marriage, Catholic families have a special grace and are a gift to the church even if, too often, that grace and gift have not been recognized, said Cardinal Kevin ...
For four years, Eleuterio "Teyo" Hernandez-Ortiz has worked on a Vermont, dairy farm to help support his wife and four daughters in his hometown of San Jose Monteverde in southern Mexico.
It's tiring, hard and dangerous ...
Ava Lalor shares what door-to-door ministry taught her about availability and how she is making it her word of the year for 2021. She writes about availability, saying: “This doesn’t have to be complicated. It ...
In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, internationally renowned pianist and composer Ian Mulder discusses his life in music, the reasons he left his home country of the Netherlands to live in the United States, ...
U.S. Catholic parishes, schools and groups have been collecting items since the fall to share Christmas joy in small packages for children in poverty-stricken nations and will deliver the gift boxes to local drop-off centers ...
Across the nation, and around the world, Catholic hospitality centers of various types have been confronted with how to minister to the needs of the most vulnerable in our society during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various ...
HOUSTON (CNS) — When people see their homes destroyed by flood or other disaster that forces them into a shelter, they need someone to listen to them, said priests and deacons who serve on a ...
Providing pastoral care for the sick and homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge for priests, deacons and extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist.
"Everything is different now," said Father Titus Augustine, pastor of St. Ignatius ...
Social distancing during this ongoing pandemic "is necessary for the common good," said Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, "but we need to counter this with a dramatic increase in what Pope Francis calls 'spiritual ...