NEW YORK—For years, churches have worried about empty pews. At St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village, the problem is flipped: There isn’t enough room. A recent 6 p.m. Sunday Mass felt like a ...

Catholics around Atlanta share mixed feelings on faith and politics as Trump engages in rhetorical war with pope Alex Sullivan tended to his five children on the lawn after a traditional Latin mass at ...

Sunday, April 19, is the Third Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35. In the Gospel, two discouraged and broken men make ...

Easter Sunday falls on April 5 this year and a number of services and major retailers either intend to stay open — some at reduced hours — or will close entirely in observation of the holiday. Many of ...

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), both staunch supporters of Israel, joined world leaders on Sunday in criticizing the Israeli police for prohibiting the Latin ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God rejects war and won’t listen to prayers of those who invoke faith to justify ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the first time in centuries, Israeli authorities blocked Roman Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday ...

World leaders have voiced concern after Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday. Subscribe ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's ...

JERUSALEM, March 29 (Reuters) - Israel blocked Jerusalem's Catholic cardinal from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sparking an international outcry that led Prime Minister ...