What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

In the Chinese province of Zhejiang, the authorities have recently detained priests, nuns and ordinary Catholics who made a trip abroad last year; their goal is to induce underground Bishop Shao Zhumi ...

Republicans swept the Evangelical Christian vote and won a historic margin among Catholics in the 2024 presidential election. These two groups of religious voters have similar priorities and ...

Sir Lawrence Abu Moses Braimah, 87, has testimonies of unwavering faith, Eucharistic devotion, and decades of committed ...

The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed ...

The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...

A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

COMMENTARY: Devotion to one’s country is not only in accord with human dignity but essential for pursuing the City of God in a manner consistent with the gospel itself.

Priests can now celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and ...

Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, ...