The eucharistic prayer is the most important and least understood prayer in the Catholic Mass. Most Catholics see it as the priest's prayer that is centered on the consecration of the bread and wine ...

According an article posted on the archdiocesan website, Archbishop Espinoza explained that the renewal is “a gift that makes us raise our hearts grateful to the Lord of life.” Archbishop Alfredo José ...

If you hear about a place where the purest and most precious gem is given free of charge, and you can come daily and get as many gems as you want, will you come, as fast as you can, every day? In the ...

Catholicism has been sometimes described as a very materialistic religion. Why? Because Catholics take created reality seriously. Karl Rahner, S.J., once called Christians “the most sublime of ...

COMMENTARY: As the Second Vatican Council famously described, the celebration of the Eucharist is the source, summit, root and center of Catholic faith and life. Pope Francis elevates the Host during ...

(RNS) — For early Christians, standing was a sign of freedom and Easter joy, because we stand with the risen Lord. Kneeling was seen as a sign of penance. (RNS) — In the United States, Catholics kneel ...

(RNS) — The Eucharist should be the center of Catholic life, but falling church attendance on Sundays shows that the center is crumbling. This, along with declining belief in the real presence of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Toni Guagenti of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was raised in a traditional churchgoing Catholic family and educated in the teachings of the church, yet as an adult she views the ...

Correspondent photo / Nancilynn Gatta From left, Mary Bostwick of Youngstown, Denise Dye of Warren and Cheryl Williams of Girard look at the first of 152 panels documenting Miracles of the Eucharist ...

In the United States, Catholics kneel during the Eucharistic prayer while Catholics in the rest of the world stand. Many European churches, especially the older ones, do not even have kneelers. After ...