A large host is consecrated at every Mass ... If the celebrant be a bishop, the Mass or Vespers is called Pontifical Mass or Pontifical Vespers. Q. 954. What is Vespers? A. Vespers is a portion ...

A historic Catholic cemetery dating back to the Civil War has a new space to provide a final resting place for more than ...

The former Indianapolis priest was elected in May and consecrated on Saturday by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry ... The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts is one of the denomination’s oldest ...

Speaking Nov. 12 in his capacity as president of the U.S. bishops' conference at the bishops' fall plenary assembly, ...

Bishop Robert Brennan, head of the Diocese of Brooklyn, led All Souls Day Mass on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Mount St. Mary ...

The new Bishop of Plymouth has said he feels "overwhelmed" after being consecrated in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey. The Bishop of Plymouth, the Right Reverend James Grier, became the first new ...

The Trump administration offers promise and peril for American Catholic leaders’ top policy concerns, which include abortion ...

The elections at this year's U.S. bishops' conference meeting constituted a rejection of some of the more arch-conservative ...

The other chairmen-elect are Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, for the committee on clergy, consecrated life and ...

The 62-year-old Franciscan was consecrated bishop of Bogor ... Francis and the entire College of Cardinals will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving together in the Vatican Basilica.

Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei in Fujian in southeast China, the Vatican said in a statement. It noted that Francis had named him bishop on Dec. 6. On Monday, the Vatican ...