COBOURG – As the organ backed a spirited choir, a gay man carried the Eucharist down the aisle of a troubled church to the altar — an altar at which he can no longer serve. It was a sign of ...

As I sit and wait, thousands of thoughts are running through my mind. Where is everyone? What if I have to do this all by myself? Will I remember my cues? That was how I felt on my first day of altar ...

When Althea Connor, 38, was growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., her brother was an altar boy at her family's Episcopal church. Connor said she remembers only one altar girl, who was a year or two younger ...

I hate waking up to this kind of news: a headline about the rector at the Phoenix cathedral who has decided to ban girls as altar servers, even though nothing in current church law forbids it. Like ...

The Holy Father spoke with 50,000 German altar servers about their role in spreading the Good News of Jesus and following the example of Mary’s ‘Yes’ to God. Pope Francis met with more than 50,000 ...

Altar server Shaniah Chavez holds a candle as she participates in the opening procession during the Easter Vigil at St. John the Evangelist Church in Center Moriches, N.Y., April 8, 2023. (OSV News ...

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church held its annual annual Sneaux Party for new and returning altar servers after altar server training on Sept. 20 on the church grounds. The training was led by Deacon David ...

At my church, The Church of the Good Shepherd in Holbrook, and Catholic churches around the world, kids can be a part of the Mass by becoming an altar server. An altar server’s job is to assist the ...

The most important news story in the past year for the U.S. Catholic Church has probably been the infighting among U.S. bishops about whether or not pro-choice politicians, like President Joe Biden, ...