A Catholic bishop in New Jersey was slightly injured during a memorial Mass for a revered Hall of Fame baseball player when a crazed man in a white robe walked up to the altar and punched him in the ...

In a Dec. 17 letter, Bishop Michael Martin said that by Jan. 16, 2026, the use of altar rails, kneelers, and prie-dieus will ...

A team of Catholic University of America (CUA) students have won the contest to design an altar Pope Francis will use at his outdoor Mass in Washington D.C. this fall. The winning students will have a ...

A 33-year-old man is under arrest after video appears to show him desecrating the altar of a New York City Catholic church during a Sunday morning mass, according to the Diocese of Brooklyn. The ...

BETHEL PARK, Pa. (AP) - When Pope Francis celebrates outdoor Mass in Washington this September, he'll be using a custom-made altar and papal chair designed by an architecture student from Western ...

The Kenyan Catholic Church has introduced a new brand of altar wine for Holy Mass after the previous one became widely available in local bars. Simply labelled Mass Wine, the new sacramental drink ...

Wine for Mass in Kenya must now bear the “coat of arms” of the country’s bishops, the chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) announced Oct. 4. The Catholic faithful have welcomed ...

GREENPOINT, Brooklyn -- Parishioners detained a man until police arrived after he desecrated the altar during Mass at St. Anthony of Padua in Brooklyn on Sunday. The incident happened as Father Jossy ...

GREENPOINT, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Parishioners detained a man until police arrived after he desecrated the altar during Mass at St. Anthony of Padua in Brooklyn on Sunday. The incident happened as Father ...

The most important news story in the past year for the U.S. Catholic Church has probably been the infighting among U.S. bishops about whether or not pro-choice politicians, like President Joe Biden, ...

Simbang Gabi, a Filipino Christmas tradition, is celebrated annually in the Catholic community through Dec. 23, with each day ...