Paschal candles prepped for Easter [VIDEO]

Workers at an Ohio company find their Lenten center as they create paschal candles in time for Holy Week.

Annual Mass celebrates veterans, urges faithful to aid the hurting soldier

One of the Mass's lectors experienced something many of his surviving military colleagues — young and old — do not: the love of Christ. "Or they have lost faith and trust,” a deacon who is also a retired Army major general said.

Mark Lombard is 2019 winner of the CPA’s St. Francis de Sales Award

Mark Lombard, business manager and a contributing editor of the Clarion Herald, newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is the recipient of the 2019 St. Francis de Sales Award from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.

Every Saturday, the Mercy Bus brings lapsed Catholics to confession

Passersby can receive miraculous medals and step on board to talk with a priest, receive a blessing or go to confession.

Entering Lent in the digital age [VIDEO]

A senior at the Catholic University of America reflects on #ashtag and #AshWednesday and an Arizona priest connects the faithful.

At Mass, Pope Francis remembers ‘hopeful’ witness of Romanian Catholics

BUCHAREST, Romania (CNS) — In his first Mass in Romania, Pope Francis recalled the witness of countless Catholics in the country who held on to hope and trusted God amid persecution.

Now is time to build new world without inequality, injustice, says pope on Divine...

ROME (CNS) — As the world slowly recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a risk it will be struck by an even worse virus — that of selfish indifference, Pope Francis said.

Gentle Revolution: Pope wants Year of Mercy to tenderly transform world

Discovering God's generous love kick-starts a virtuous circle, which "leads us to acting in a way that's more tolerant, patient, tender" and just, he said.

U.S. teens say faith strengthened at youth celebration in Rome

Confirmation preparation for siblings includes a Year of Mercy celebration for young teens in Rome April 23-24.

‘40 Days’of saving lives: ‘Respect Life Month’ focuses peaceful efforts statewide

Thousands of lives spared, 133 abortion workers who quit their jobs and 75 centers that closed their doors forever. The stunning success of the 40 Days for Life movement in the midst of a culture of death has pumped new energy into the movement dedicated to protecting human life from conception to natural death.