Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other end of the ...

On Dec. 16, as Catholic clergy were in the heart of their Advent preparations for Christmas and getting ready to mount the pulpit for one of their most important preaching opportunities of the year, ...

Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Nov. 5, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media) If experience can't prove it, data scraping will: ...

There are a number of firsts in Douglas Lorance’s life, but retirement is not one of them. Lorance was the first priest ...

The most consistent comment that priests and deacons hear at the church door is “Good homily, Father” or “Appreciated your homily, Deacon.” What does that mean? Bishop Ken Untener, in his book ...

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary has received the largest single programming grant from a charitable foundation in its more than 190-year history as Lilly Endowment awarded $1.2 million to establish ...

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on Big Pulpit. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict ...

(RNS) — The hubris displayed in making sexuality the lynchpin of Catholic identity when bishops have failed to convince their flock that they are prepared to police predators could be countered with ...

Pope Francis during his general audience at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday said all evangelizing activity depends on the Holy Spirit and not on “pastoral initiatives promoted by us.” Continuing his ...

Preaching at the Areopagus, they laughed at him. Only a few were converted. Evangelically speaking, Paul’s famous sermon given before the good and the great of Athens was not all that successful.

If Catholic bishops hope to reclaim their moral credibility after revelations about covering up clergy sexual abuse, the hierarchy might start by sending a simple but potent message: Church leaders ...