With the visit of Pope Francis to the United States days before October’s month of the Holy Rosary, it is an apt time to reflect on why Marian devotion, including the Rosary, is vital to Catholic ...

Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada paints a portrait of Williamsburg tradition and devotion that predates $30 brunches. Lifeblood of the Parish is a detailed ethnographic account of Italian American Catholicism ...

Among the Twelve Promises which Our Lord revealed in the 1670s to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French nun who was instrumental in promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was this final one ...

(AP) – Like the star of an arena tour, a spotlight illuminated the glittering, golden vessel carried by a Catholic bishop. Inside, it held a round communion host, which Catholics believe is the full ...

Since 2001, Sacred Heart Church and Catholic School of Palm Desert has raised more than $19 million to benefit church charities and in-need Coachella Valley residents. Saturday, Feb. 12, saw the ...

Hearts adorn greeting cards and are associated primarily with Cupid, Valentine’s Day, and romantic love. But Kubicki, a Jesuit priest and director of the Apostleship of Prayer, explores the ...

Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have a special devotion to St. Joseph and have assured that devotion regularly will be shared at Mass by Catholics around the world. The Congregation for ...

Elevation of the consecrated host at Mass depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Md. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) What is the Eucharist? Who may and may not receive the ...

My grandmother wore one. My lovely bride wears one. I carry one in my shirt pocket. Once they were almost ubiquitous in the Catholic world, so common that I would see them peeking from the necks of ...

Like the star of an arena tour, a spotlight illuminated the glittering, golden vessel carried by a Catholic bishop. Inside, it held a round communion host, which Catholics believe is the full presence ...