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This morning’s Gospel reading is John 1:6–8, 19–28: A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but...

Everyone has a favorite Mass song. Maybe it’s “All Are Welcome,” that song you could never get out of your head after elementary school Mass. Or maybe

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE Sunday, 11am, Princeton University Chapel Join us each Sunday for worship in the University Chapel, led by the dean and the associate dean of religious life and of the chapel, that draws students, faculty, staff, and townspeople together to hear God’s word, to sing God’s praise, to lift up the University in prayer. *All persons, including members of the broader community, are welcome to attend this event if they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 if over age 12. Reg...

President Joe Biden installed a new touch of his own to the White House: a framed copy of a “Hagar the Horrible” cartoon. In it, Hagar yells to the sky, “Why me?” to which God replies, “Why not?”

On its debut, the new organ at The Grotto alternately offered sweet small music and then brought deep shudders to the soaring stone Chapel of Mary. It will lead

06/23/2021 at 2:41 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White LifeSiteNews had an encounter with three priests of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP), none of whom were wearing clerical attire, who were displeased with questions about their dissent from Church teaching on moral issues. By Michael Haynes, LifeSite News, June 22, 2021 The 10th Annual Assembly of the dissident Association of U.S. Catholic Priests is currently underway in Minneapolis, and when reporting on the event LifeSit...

An organist rehearses at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception April 25, 2019, in Washington. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) Maria Solis is at home with the sprawling, diversity of Catholic liturgical music in the United States. Growing up bilingual in Texas, she saw the eclectic cultural influences of music at Mass, and, as someone whos been doing liturgical music for most of her life, recent guidelines on hymn lyrics from the doctrine committee of the U.S. Co...

Travis McAfee, Arkansas Catholic file Caution tape is used at St. Raphael Church in Springdale to mark off pews where parishioners can’t sit to promote 6-foot distancing between families. Beginning May 16 all parishes in the Diocese of Little Rock resumed Masses on a limited basis with strict precautions. Travis McAfee, Arkansas Catholic file Caution tape is used at St. Raphael Church in Springdale to mark off pews where parishioners can’t sit to promote 6-foot distancing between families. ...

On this last Christmas before he retires, in his 48th year of presiding over hallelujahs and not-so-silent nights, the Rev. Raymond O’Donnell — “Father Jerry” to his flock — will stand before parishioners and visitors to deliver his homily for the sacred Christian holiday. He will begin by talking about his dog. O’Donnell will share with folks that he has no idea why his dog, a 9-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Monsignor, has to smell every bush and every tree. He could...

On this last Christmas before he retires, his 48th year of presiding over alleluias and not-so-silent nights, the Rev. Raymond O’Donnell — Father Jerry to his flock — will stand before parishioners and visitors to deliver his homily for this sacred Christian holiday. He will begin by talking about his dog. O’Donnell will share with folks that he has no idea why his dog, a 9-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Monsignor, has to smell every bush and every tree. He couldn’t kn...