Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome on Dec. 24. The 69-year ...

Christmas Eve is also the Fourth Sunday of Advent this year. That means the faithful must attend two Masses to meet their Sunday and Christmas Day obligations. In a newsletter issued in early 2017, ...

(RNS) — 'The important thing,' said a Dominican friar, 'is to let your heart be engaged and let God love you sacramentally.' (RNS) — If you’re one of 60% of Catholics who go to church rarely — or ...

ROME — Catholics celebrating Christmas Eve in South Florida will be able to watch Pope Leo XIV mark the “Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord" below. To watch the 10 p.m. mass on Wednesday at St.

(RNS) — If you’re one of 60% of Catholics who go to church rarely — or maybe never — but find yourself at Christmas Mass this year for family reasons or simply as an excuse to dress up and hear carols ...