Eric Seitz joined the men of the cloth in August 2020, and just two months later, his father, Ben Seitz, was clothed with a deacon's robe. With Father Eric at St. John’s Catholic Church in Wahpeton, N ...

"Am I the only one who is like: wait, women aren't explicitly allowed to be lectors and altar servers before this?" Flora Tang wrote on Twitter Jan. 11. She was not, in fact, the only one. (For ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has mandated that girls are not permitted to serve as altar servers in parishes within the Archdiocese of Colombo. “No girls should be invited to serve at the altar ...

NEW ORLEANS — Catholics across the world recognize March 19 as St. Joseph's Day and it is celebrated at many churches by creating elaborate altars, featuring a lot of food. If you are looking for a St ...

For the first time, the Catholic Church has an American-born pope, Leo XIV. In a recent article about the pope, he mentions serving and attending the 6:30 a.m. daily Mass. His memory triggered my ...