Almost a thousand years ago, the Church faced a crisis.
There were open challenges to the belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Berengar of Tours, a prominent scholar, taught that Jesus was spiritually present and not bodily present in the Eucharist. In response to this crisis, there was a flowering of devotional practices and theological reflections that reinforced Catholic faith.
As workers complete the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a devastating 2019 fire, LEGO fans can assemble their own model of the iconic medieval structure, thanks to a soon-to-be-released kit from the Denmark-based toy manufacturer.
Father Roger Landry may be the reason 24 young people and several priests are walking thousands of miles across the United States this summer with the Eucharist.
St. Paul Cathedral in St. Paul parishioner Jenny Keller says pottery is part of her vocation. She spends much of her time at her pottery wheel or near the kiln, and her bedside table is adorned with books about how to mix pottery glazes.
On May 13, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, a series of Marian apparitions to three children in the Portuguese countryside between May 13 and Oct. 13, 1917.
The ordination of 13 priests on May 25 is fast approaching. Ahead of their ordination, two men — Deacon Derek Gilde from St. Mary in Stillwater and Deacon Alexander Rasset from St. Francis Xavier in Buffalo — shared their journeys to the priesthood on this week’s episode of “Practicing Catholic” with producer Kayla Mayer.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, spoke about the late Bishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara, founder of Catholic Rural Life (CRL), at the May 8 celebration of the organization’s 100th anniversary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He called the founder “perhaps the most influential leader in Catholic agrarianism.”
For the rector of the world's second largest church after St. Peter's Basilica -- the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil -- May 11 will be a day of celebrating the inauguration of the southern facade's mosaics, all created by Father Marko Rupik.
Blind, unbridled consumerism and selfishness -- not the number of people on the planet and having children -- are the root causes of the world's problems, Pope Francis said.
A federal appeals court May 8 ruled in favor of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, protecting religious schools' freedom to hire schoolteachers who will uphold their religious beliefs.
More than 2,500 Catholic bishops, priests, women religious, academics, laypeople and Catholic groups have called for a cease-fire in Gaza in a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders.
No mom would ever want to spend Mother’s Day like this: in a hospital room with a 7-year-old son paralyzed from the waist down and told by doctors he might never walk again.