Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. As the parishioners of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Charlotte count down the days to ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Fifth Bishop of Charlotte Michael T. Martin delivers the Homily during a Mass for ...

Bishop Michael Martin has established guidelines for the reception of holy Communion in the Diocese of Charlotte to strengthen unity in worship, uphold the church's liturgical norms and encourage ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV called on the Trump administration to allow detainees at the Immigration and Customs Detention Center in Broadview to receive communion, a religious rite that federal ...

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The Last Supper, depicted in the stained-glass windows of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, in Rome Credit: iStock/PaoloGaetano One Holy Saturday sometime in the 10th century, a married ...

Dreading a task at the end of a long week? There may be a way to trick your brain into seeing that chore as a reward. “Dopamine anchoring” is the latest psychology hack making the rounds on social ...

When you were a kid, the adults in your life likely used some kind of bartering system to convince you to do things. Eat your vegetables? “You get dessert after.” Do your home work? “You get an extra ...

Over 450 boys and girls received their first holy Communion during liturgies held over the past month in various churches of the town of Qaraqosh, Iraq. (Syriac Catholic Archdiocese of Mosul) (CNA) -- ...

I recently led a spiritual pilgrimage that included Mass each day at different shrines and churches that requested us to bring our own supplies. To ease our luggage burden, each participant brought ...

Holy Spirit Parish recently celebrated First Holy Communion at St. Mary’s Church in Mocanaqua. Seven young people from St. Adalbert’s Church in Glen Lyon and St. Martha’s Church in Fairmount Springs ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter's Square on Saturday. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and migrants ...