A: The short answer is no; you didn’t do anything wrong by receiving holy Communion before completing your penance.

Pope Leo XIV has vowed to keep working to overcome differences with the Anglican Communion. He met Monday with Archbishop of ...

As Pope Leo XIV was visiting Africa, African Catholics from across the United States honored one of their own at a Mass ...

Where the rubrics of the Missal of Paul VI say nothing or say little in specific in some places, it is not therefore to be ...

Rehearsal photos have been released for MASS, the world premiere play by Fran Kranz, ahead of its upcoming run at Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Carrie Cracknell, the production will star Adeel Akhtar, ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 Pope Leo XIV delivers the Urbi et Orbi blessing - Latin for "to the city of Rome and to the ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of ...

COLOGNE, Germany — Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki used his Holy Week homily to call priests back to the heart of their vocation: the daily celebration of the Eucharist. Preaching at the chrism Mass at ...

BOURBON COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — First responder agencies across Bourbon County conducted a mass casualty drill simulating a devastating tornado to prepare for real-life emergencies. The exercise took ...

LOS ANGELES (NPR) — On a bright morning in Hermosa Beach, Calif., sunlight enters St. Cross Episcopal Church at a slant, catching a bit of church history in the colored panes of a stained-glass window ...

On a bright morning in Hermosa Beach, Calif., sunlight enters St. Cross Episcopal Church at a slant, catching a bit of church history in the colored panes of a stained-glass window. For the Rev.