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Perpetual adoration is the ‘fuel that runs this parish’

The perpetual adoration chapel is an anomaly in today's fast-paced world.

Synodal process looks to hear from voices on the margins of the church

Pope Francis is inviting Catholics both in the mainstream of church life and on the margins to voice their dreams, ideas and concerns in preparation for the Synod of Bishops in 2023.

As bishops begin lifting dispensation, Catholics return to in-person Mass

As Catholic parishes across the country are loosening pandemic Mass restrictions and several bishops are lifting the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Masses, Catholic leaders are looking at ways to encourage the faithful to come back.

Young choristers sing age-old chant at Masses around Atlanta Archdiocese

As their blended voices filled the chapel, its ceiling painted to resemble a star-filled night, the 10 women and men chanted: "Dum Transisset Sabbatum, Maria Magdalene et Maria Jacobi et Salome emerunt aromata, ut venientes ungerent Jesum. Alleluia."

Virtual closeness, real community: Pope’s ministry flourished online

Pope Francis, his liturgy office and his communications team made very deliberate decisions over the past year with the goal of letting people experience how close the pope was to them in their isolation and suffering.

Following year of restrictions, many seek to go beyond ‘giving something up’ for Lent

A recent Catholic News Service article asked: "After 11 months of 'giving up,' what is left to give up this Lent?"

Christ the light of the world

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, Advent is a time to watch and prepare for the coming of Christ just as vigilantly as we scan the skies for those first tentative signs that the days are slowly but surely getting longer.

Vibrant liturgies, cultural young adult group fostered Franciscan’s vocation

He also discerned diocesan and Jesuit life, but the Franciscan way “felt like it was something deep inside I already believed in but never knew how to articulate it or find words for it,” Fr. Sam said.

Want to add to hope, joy, reflection, healing? Then you can do Advent

Patience, solidarity with the poor and hope are among the goals of Advent.

Advent matters

The secular world makes it so easy to forget a vital part of the Christian calendar: Advent.