(RNS) — More than 800 people, mostly members of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, voted during the competition that featured brackets similar to the springtime NCAA basketball ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the institution ...

PHILADELPHIA — After Pope Francis announced he will attend the 2015 World Meeting of Families, the event’s organizers released an official hymn that speaks of family unity, “holy freedom” and the Holy ...

Whether there would be a holy year in 2025 was not clear. Not that anyone in Rome said that there wouldn’t be one, but there had been no confirmation of it, and very little talk about it. On the final ...

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan --The closing of Holy Redeemer and Holy Rosary Catholic schools could bolster enrollment at other Catholic schools in the county and possibly prevent other school closings in ...