But saying the church is Christ’s body means, by the Spirit, our visible community genuinely carries Christ’s presence in the ...

This Sunday’s readings call the faithful to reconsider the most holy body and blood of Christ in light of extreme divisions facing our country and world. This Sunday, the readings draw out three ...

"Are you satisfied?" A bishop or his representative asks some version of that question to each person who wants to make vows as a religious. The intent is to be certain that the person is acting in ...

The Apostle Paul says in Romans 12:5, “For we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” Paul compared the church to a human body, in which each part has a ...

Sunday, June 2, is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Mass readings: Exodus 24:3-8; Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18; Hebrews 9:11-15; Mark 14:12-16, 22-26. On this solemn feast, we ...

(RNS) — Catholics processed in prayer had hoped to send eight people into a Chicago-area ICE facility to distribute Holy Communion. The church was not silent Saturday (Oct. 11) near Chicago, as ...

The risen Christ is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Aloysius Church in Great Neck, N.Y. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) This essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature ...

François Turretin (1623-1687) was a Reformed Protestant theologian and was generally considered to be the best Calvinist apologist besides John Calvin himself. In his primary work, Institutes of ...

Who knows what will result from the promises we make? Does the couple who says, "I do," have any clue of the joy that awaits them, or what will test and deepen their love? These questions help us ...

Three books on ministry and church life to read this month. Justin Whitmel Earley, The Body Teaches the Soul: Ten Essential Habits to Form a Healthy and Holy Life (Zondervan, 2025) When I was in high ...

(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV told United States Catholic bishops last week that “the church cannot be silent” in the face of the Trump administration’s brutal mass deportation efforts. The day before, Leo ...