Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Before he had an opportunity to celebrate a baptism or marriage, Christian rites that mark the beginning of new life, the newly ordained Deacon Michael Forrest was assisting at ...

The rosary is the oldest and most popular of all private Catholic devotions, and one that has been strongly promoted by the church since the 15th century. The origin of bead circlets used to aid in ...

It was a 2002 visit to a Colorado monastery that introduced Elizabeth Collier to the Liturgy of the Hours, a daily cycle of prayers and psalms that is required reading for many monks and priests. At ...

Jansen (Station to Station), director of Image Books, calls readers to prayer in this well-argued book. He posits that human beings are plagued by a deep anxiety caused by terrorism, political ...

Nallely Bernal places a crown of flowers on a statue of Mary at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Lake Station, Ind., in May 2006. (CNS/Karen Callaway) Popular devotions have enjoyed a renaissance. Public ...

Our recent celebration of Easter reminds us that Jesus is risen indeed. This is the central truth of Christianity. Each of the four Gospels accounts of the Resurrection story is unique, yet all four ...

The Catholic Church of Mary Immaculate near Williamsburg in Greenbrier County will be the site of the First Saturday devotions and daily Mass beginning May 7 and held monthly through the first ...

Pope Francis greets a child as he visits the oncology department in the hospital that Padre Pio founded in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, during his pastoral visit to the places of St. Padre Pio, ...

Charlotte priests appeal to Rome as episcopal authority collides with Catholic tradition.