Catholics usually go on a Visita Iglesia on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday. This means visiting seven churches in one day. While in a church, devotees pray and join small groups of other devotees in ...

He said Francis, who was the first Latin American pope, would be 'remembered for his compassion' and had 'profoundly touched ...

The same is true of the one priesthood of Christ ... we also would not have the sacraments of confirmation, anointing of the sick, reconciliation and the sacrament of sacraments, the Most Holy ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic ... and Anointing of the sick or dying.

After Pope Francis’ funeral, 135 cardinals will gather for a conclave to elect a new pope. The traditions include oaths of ...

His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm ... American church but a powerful one. They were not only fellow ...

Twenty Catholic and evangelical ... statement on where both traditions are unified and where they are distinct in their understandings of the four marks of the Church: one, holy, catholic, and ...

Any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible to be pope ... that my vote is given to the one who before God I think should be elected.” He then puts the ballot on a tray and tips it into ...

amputate a sick member of the Catholic Church. Did you expect a result like the one announced by the Vatican? The truth is, no. The suppression was an unimaginable scenario for anyone. The ...

Sri Lanka becoming a Macbethian sick state? The traditional ritual of anointing medicinal oil (or ‘hisa thel gaema’ in ...