Joe Heschmeyer, an apologist for Catholic Answers, told CNA that there are three main reasons for having altar servers in the Mass. He said they are “helpful during the Mass” and they provide ...

A. Following the Communion of Mass, there are prayers of thanksgiving, the blessing of the people, and the saying of the last Gospel. A. The altar stone is that part of the altar upon which the ...

The inmates shake hands with the bishop and exchange warm hugs with the ministry volunteers, Jean Gunn, whom they call ...

Mark Guydish Photo The oil painting of the Crucifixion with Mary the Sorrowful Mother is a focal point above the altar ... Mass in private homes in Wilkes-Barre. By 1845 the city’s growing ...

At a press conference following his appointment as archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert McElroy said mass deportations are "incompatible with Catholic doctrine." McElroy made the remarks on ...

19, is located in the former chapel of the Visitation Convent and Academy, a Catholic all-girls ... "We removed the post-Vatican II altar which was used for mass and sacraments.

Begin the New Year 2025 with a Holy Hour and Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of ... by delivering the news people need to know about the Catholic Church, especially in the Philadelphia region ...

A historic Catholic school in Baltimore County is set to close at the end of the school year, citing financial struggles.The St. Agnes Catholic School in Catonsville announced that it will be ...