SOUTH BEND — Local Catholic leaders are following broader Church leadership in criticizing ... Rhoades finally pointed out the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were refugees fleeing ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "The Trinity:" 232. "Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19.] Before receiving the ...

[Paul VI, MF 39.]" 1378 ... genuflecting or bowing deeply as a sign of adoration of the Lord. 'The Catholic Church has always offered and still offers to the sacrament of the Eucharist the ...

“Orthodox change nothing,” Father Sava adds. “The faith that was delivered to the saints,” Martin agrees. We pause before a ...

As issues like abortion, assisted suicide and in-vitro fertilization continue to be widely discussed today, looking back on the prescient writing of St. John Paul II on such matters can help the faith ...

John Ubaechu, the kidnapped Parish Priest of the Holy Family Catholic Church, Izombe. A statement by Rev. Fr. Patrick Mbara, the Archdiocesan Chancellor/Secretary early Thursday morning ...

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Trinh remembers playing the role of priest, which included giving homilies to his family members and imitating Holy Communion ... of a Vietnamese Catholic choir at St. Alice Church in Upper ...

It echoes the 40 days Moses and the prophet Elijah spent on the mountain with God, the 40 days of the Great Flood while Noah and his family remained ... Today, the Catholic Church prescribes ...

The Holy Father concluded his message with a prayer asking the Blessed Virgin Mary — the “Mother of Mercy” — to “help the human family to be reconciled in peace.” ...

(Photo: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception) Sacred music is an integral part of the life and mission of the largest Catholic ... by Paul VI, the Church reaffirmed its ...