Catholic faithful do not "buy" Masses, but when a priest accepts an offering and promises to celebrate a Mass for that person's loved one or other special intention he must do so, the Vatican said.

During the Chrism Mass on April 14, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy (at center ...

They’re the priests on the other side of the confessional, offering in persona Christi (in the person of Christ) forgiveness of sin and, most importantly, saying Mass and offering you the body ...

The ceremony included "a full Catholic mass and service," and when the priest got to the "marriage section" of the event he ...

The Mass is going on, gets to the marriage section and the priest is talking to the couple. 'As he’s talking I hear him say something very odd. I look at my wife and ask if she heard what I heard.

The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

Courtesy of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Nemaha County Sheriff Richard Vernon had no comment Friday other than to say ... a.m. Mass where the Rev. Jim Shaughnessy, a retired priest ...

They reconnected with the priest in 2023 after learning he was still living at the BC High Jesuit residency. He remembered, “Like the Jesuits always say, ‘A man for others.’ He was ...