ROME - An Italian priest has developed an application that will let priests celebrate Mass with an iPad on the altar instead of the regular Roman missal. The Rev. Paolo Padrini, a consultant with the ...

Vatican City - The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones. The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications is ...

(RNS) — I have never been into fasting during Lent — in fact I have never been into fasting at all. The first year I was old enough to be bound by the Catholic Church’s fasting regulations was the ...

While major cities across the U.S. continue to shutter schools, restaurants and theaters in response to quickly rising numbers of new coronavirus cases, scores of U.S. dioceses have suspended ...

The Rev. Paolo Padrini, a consultant with the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said Friday the free application will be launched in July in English, French, Spanish, Italian and ...

The Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office or the Breviary, is the continuous prayer of the church, offered at various times throughout each day in keeping with the call to “pray ...

Since the iPhone App Store was established in 2008, more than 2 million apps have been designed, including more than 100 Catholic apps that range from digitized prayers, games, videos and books.

ROME — Father Paolo Padrini, creator of the iBreviary application, said that part of his goal for the recent release of the program in Arabic is fostering religious freedom in countries persecuted for ...

Fr. Paolo Padrini, creator of the iBreviary application, said that part of his goal for the recent release of the program in Arabic is fostering religious freedom in countries persecuted for their ...