Mother Angelica, the foundress of EWTN, explained that Ash Wednesday is an invitation to consider the end of our lives and ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The 40-day period of repentance and fasting traditionally observed by members of Christian denominations in preparation for Easter begins Wednesday with Ash Wednesday for many ...

When blessed, these candles become sacramentals, and EWTNRC.com points out, “One of the most remarkable effects of sacramentals is the virtue to drive away evil spirits whose mysterious and ...

These palm branches that symbolize goodness and victory are blessed and often crafted into crosses as sacramentals. On April 17, Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper, in which Jesus ...

The vigil was to continue Tuesday night, presided over by another senior Vatican official, Cardinal Antonio Tagle of the Philippines, who heads the office responsible for the Catholic Church in ...

Some of Francis’ positions led to opposition in some Catholic circles. One such issue was related to Francis’ embrace of religious diversity. Delivering an address at the Seventh Congress of ...

Here are the CCL boys and girls basketball honors for the 2024-25 season. Hartley (5-1) won the boys championship, finishing ahead of DeSales (4-2), Watterson (3-3) and St. Charles (0-6). Hartley ...

As Pope Francis continues to undergo complex medical treatment for bilateral pneumonia and a respiratory infection at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican on Wednesday released the Holy Father ...

Alexis Kutarna, a board member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy and head of ... California Norbertine community in 2022; and “Sacramentals and Popular Piety” with Chris Carstens.

On July 25, 2023, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the ... preaching and administration of the sacrament of baptism and sacramentals like blessing of images, houses, cars and others ...

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at St. John Bosco Catholic Church, 216 N. Main St., Churubusco, Indiana. Memorial donations may be given in memory of Penny ...