With the back-to-school season fully in the rearview mirror at this point in the fall, devotions that invite protection, good health and a studious frame of mind can continue to help set up our ...

Is it possible for a single prayer to save a thousand souls from Purgatory? It sounds out of this world, and yet, for centuries, devout Catholics have believed in the spiritual strength of a prayer ...

Caption - Pope Francis pauses in prayer in front of a statue of Mary after celebrating Mass in Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Sept. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The National ...

This past week we celebrated 40 hours at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. This is a wonderful time of the year for prayer and spiritual readings. This special devotion is a special forty-hour period of ...

It was just before Rosh Hashanah when poet Dinah Berland, estranged from her son for 11 years, stumbled upon a book of women’s prayers that she believes led to her reconciliation with him. As Berland ...

Elevation of the consecrated host at Mass depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Anthony's Church in North Beach, Md. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) What is the Eucharist? Who may and may not receive the ...