Wendy Lynn Platt wrote "Help Us Remember" for the 1997 Church Music Festival. Now it is in the new global hymnbook. She hopes it helps people look more closely at the ordinance of the sacrament.

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of ...

Nov. 1 is the solemnity of All Saints — known more popularly as All Saints’ Day — the day on which the Catholic Church celebrates all who have attained eternal life with God in heaven. The Catholic ...

COMMENTARY: As the Church celebrates all her saints, we remember their witness that faith is a love story — one that is true and demands our whole hearts.

This Sunday is a time to commemorate all the faithful departed, to remember prayerfully God’s benevolent mercy, and to recall Christ who is the light of the world, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior.

Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, quoting from the saint's famous hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," and holding him up as a model for educators.

This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s homily pronounced at the Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Education and proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as “Doctor of the Church” on All Saints Day, Nov.

It's a portrait of the '70s folk-rock star, and of "Cat's in the Cradle," the tune that turned daddy issues into mythology.

The children’s song "He Cares for Me" in the new hymnbook "was a contribution that I could make to the Lord even if nobody ...

Merrijane Rice and Jennette Jay Booth decided to write "How Did the Savior Minister?" to help children learn about ...