Lent is supposed to be a time of penance in the Catholic Church. This year, it’s a time when priests in the confessional will use a revised translation of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation ...

Prayer abases intellect and pride, crucifies vainglory, and signs our spiritual bankruptcy, and all these are hard for flesh and blood to bear. E. M. Bounds1 Possibly, much of the flimsy piety of the ...

Msgr. Joseph Prior reflects on how St. Monica’s unwavering prayer for her son reminds us that true faith trusts God’s timing even when the answers seem delayed.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday urged the faithful to join a collective act of penance and prayer after the country was struck by a series of calamities ...

AMID the string of natural and man-made calamities affecting the country, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines ...

The new language for the priest’s absolution is allowed as of Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Priests must use the new language starting on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 16, the first Sunday after ...