Bishop Edward Malesic of the 600,000-soul-strong Cleveland Diocese is drawing on prayer and reflection as key elements in the spiritual renewal of his Catholic flock. Bishop Malesic is asking all ...

After Cecilia Cortes-Peck lost both her husband and her son, she wanted to dedicate her life to something. She felt called to devote her life to prayer by making promises to the “Ordo Viduarum,” or ...

The new language for the priest’s absolution is allowed as of Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Priests must use the new language starting on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 16, the first Sunday after ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance led attendees at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in a prayer for Pope Francis’ health after speaking about his own conversion to the Catholic faith and the ...

Rituals of purification or moral cleansing are common in many religious traditions. For example, ritual washing before prayer, public worship, (re)inclusion, or other religious activities is present ...

A family is pictured in a file photo praying before Mass. (OSV News photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) “I did all the things,” said Carli, mom of four grown children who have stopped practicing the Catholic ...

The experience of the sacrament of penance in the Roman rite will be slightly different this Lent, thanks to approved changes in the English translation set to take effect in a few weeks. Starting Ash ...

Editor's note: This story was updated Nov. 1 at 10:15 a.m. Central time with details of the funeral and memorial services for Trappist Fr. Thomas Keating. Trappist Fr. Thomas Keating, a global figure ...

I gasped audibly when I walked into Our Lady of Good Counsel Church one Saturday night. Friars sang in a small band on the right of the church, which sits on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Surrounding ...

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