“Democracy is not an arena for a fight to the death,” the bishops Catholic bishops of Ivory Coast said in a statement issued to coincide with the November 15 celebration of National Peace Day.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The celebration of a Holy Year every 25 years is an acknowledgment that “the Christian life is a journey ...

A confessional is a booth where Catholic priests hear parishioners’ confessions of their sins and grant them absolution, forgiveness, in the name of God. Confession and repentance always take ...

In a statement published November 14, the Catholic bishops strongly condemned “the retrogressive and manipulative thinking” behind the proposal to change the presidential term from five to ...

"I am sorry for these and all the sins of my past life, especially for..."(mention in general any past sin for which you are particularly sorry; for example, all my sins against charity). The ...

Bishops in Quebec are expressing alarm after a prominent government official said he wanted to end prayer in public spaces in the Canadian province. Quebec Premier François Legault said last ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines – When the Archdiocese of Cebu opens the Jubilee Year on December 29, it will do so in the three new ...

Hundreds of youth from across the country are converging at the cathedral for the National Catholic youth conference.Photo by Emmanuel Okello. You need to Log in and be a client to read this story in ...

Our Lady of La Vang Mission is a Vietnamese Catholic community named after the apparition of Mary to a group of Catholics at La Vang, Vietnam, who were hiding in the jungles to avoid religious ...

He was the chair of several committees of what is now the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, including committees on liturgy, lay involvement in the church and migration and more. He also ...