WASHINTON, D.C. — A new analysis from the Pew Research Center shows that many Catholic priests are holding to Pope Francis’ advice to keep their homilies on the shorter side, especially compared to ...

In a Mass commemorating all those who are deceased, Pope Leo XIV said their memory carries hope for eternal life and is a ...

This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s homily pronounced at the Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Education and proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as “Doctor of the Church” on All Saints Day, Nov.

Pope Leo XIV on Monday presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in suffrage for the late Pope Francis and for deceased ...

Pope Francis made waves last weekend with his off-the-cuff remarks calling homilies at Catholic churches "a disaster." Most of the headlines, including NCR's, highlighted the pope's advice to ...

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, declaring him a doctor of the ...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis called most Catholic homilies “a disaster.” Well, we’re doing something about it. This week, Ashley and Zac welcome Ricardo da Silva, S.J., their colleague and the host ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As news events made headlines across the United States for months last year — particularly the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America — priests’ homilies did ...

For the better part of 40 years in churches across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, clergy ceded the floor to laypeople for the delivery of the homily — the sermon that follows the reading of ...

A new analysis from the Pew Research Center shows that many Catholic priests are holding to Pope Francis' advice to keep their homilies on the shorter side, especially compared to Protestant ...