The most consistent comment that priests and deacons hear at the church door is “Good homily, Father” or “Appreciated your homily, Deacon.” What does that mean? Bishop Ken Untener, in his book ...

A couple of weeks ago, our priest gave a homily about contraception. While speaking about the Health and Human Services mandate, our associate pastor, Fr. Jonathan Raia, made a few allusions to the ...

Those words are not immediately obvious as a compliment. Indeed, they could be taken (or intended) to mean that you’re predictable, hackneyed … always saying the same thing … a one-trick pony. But ...

A brief excerpt, and then a link to the full text of, Father Adolfo Nicolas’s Homily at the Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, the day after his election as Jesuit Superior General. He began by noting ...

A Catholic Mass was held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on Saturday for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week at age 79. The ...

Many become interested in the Church or are turned off by the style and content of a priest's homily on Sunday. I am amazed at how much people look forward to a good homily. My own limited experience ...

The Diocese of Brooklyn says the COVID vaccine is effective and moral. So why is Father Michael Panicali trying to stop parishioners from getting it? Special Correspondent Just before 11 a.m. on ...