Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.

VATICAN: The faithful and the heirarchy of the Eastern Catholic Churches are invited to a series of Divine Liturgies taking ...

Loss and grief are central elements of her edgy, experimental theater work, “Liturgy for Longing,” which opens May 9 at the Beacon Performing Arts Center. After the death of a close family member, ...

Celebration of the liturgy is the primary faith-formational activity of the Catholic Church. In and through the liturgy, Catholics are brought into the Paschal Mystery of dying and rising with Christ ...

Even his funeral, which will take place this Saturday, April 26, will be different from those seen to date, as his will included some conditions that break with Catholic liturgy. And if we look ...

Sunday, May 4, at 5 p.m. local Rome time, 11 a.m. ET, in the Vatican Basilica for the Papal ChapelThe funeral liturgy will be presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, protodeacon ...

With the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, one may notice that there have been some changes in the prayers within the celebration of the mass that are for the repose of the soul of the pope and ...

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In southern Lebanon, for example, Mass was held amid the rubble of the bombed St George Melkite Catholic Church -- a symbol of both suffering and resilience.

One of the rumored frontrunners is Cardinal Robert Sarah. Robert Sarah, 79, of Guinea, the retired head of the Vatican’s liturgy office, has long been considered the best hope for an African pope.

The Holy See on Monday evening released the death certificate detailing the cause of death of Pope Francis, who died in his Vatican apartment at 7:35 a.m. in Rome on April 21, the day after Easter ...

(AP Photo/Dan Bashakov) Worshippers gather for Easter Mass inside the ruins of St. George Melkite Catholic Church, damaged by Israeli airstrike, in Dardghaya, southern Lebanon, Sunday, April 20, 2025.