Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, this week responded to a letter in the Wall Street Journal from a priest objecting to the praying of the St. Michael prayer at the end of Mass, ...

In “Donald Trump Has a Prayer” (Houses of Worship, Oct. 11), Raymond J. de Souza notes the resurgence of reciting the St. Michael prayer after Mass. The Holy See suppressed this practice in 1964 ...

Rev. Gerald J. Bednar is simply wrong to suggest that reciting the prayer to St. Michael is “out of place at the end of Catholic Mass” (Letters, Oct. 22). He mistakenly says that it “ends the liturgy ...

Christmas tree lit at St Peter's square with St Peter's basilica cupola in the background at The Vatican on December 9, 2023. Each year thousands of worshipers gather at St. Peter's Basilica at the ...

Siouxland Catholic parishes will celebrate Christmas with Masses at different times from their regular schedules. Because for Catholics the Nativity of the Lord – Christmas – is a holy day of ...