Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Oct. 18, 2023. AP Photo/Alessandra ...

Many Catholic parishes will give their parishioners a piece of chalk, a small bottle of holy water, and the words for the house blessing so that each family can bless their home. A chalk home blessing ...

As he looked around, every house around him was burned to the ground except his house ... Jesse Romero says a Catholic lawyer and movie producer in California told him he believes the Epiphany ...

Catholics and their pets will gather on church lawns throughout the country this month to participate in what has become an annual rite of fall, seeking blessings from priests to commemorate St.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defended the role of religion in public life during comments March 19 at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington. "Religion in the public sphere happens ...

Easter food baskets were blessed on Holy Saturday at St. Anne Catholic Church in Bethlehem. See photos below. Jim and Sandy Yackanicz of Bethlehem included salt and pepper to be blessed Saturday, ...

Theologians and LGBTQ+ advocates greeted with mixed emotions the unexpected Dec. 18 declaration from the Vatican's doctrinal office that Catholic priests could bless same-sex couples, as well as ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings ...

Pope Francis’ Dec. 18, 2023, announcement that Catholic priests may bless LGBTQ+ couples and others in “irregular” situations marks a definitive shift in the Roman Catholic Church’s posture toward ...