This year the National Day of Prayer will take place on Thursday, May 4. America suffers from increasing social crises that have physical and psychological aspects and which appear resistant to ...

“Receive the Holy Spirit,” said the risen Lord to his apostles. “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” The sacrament of Penance, ...

“I firmly resolve with the help of thy grace to confess my sins, do penance and amend my life. Amen.” Those words concluding the “Act of Contrition” prayer were recited for centuries by Catholics as ...

(RNS) — Many people give up on religion when what they really need to do is change their image of God and how they relate to him. Too many people, when they grow older, give up on the God they learned ...

There is a rhythm woven into everything. It pulses in the rising and setting sun, the budding and falling of leaves, the birth and the letting go of each living thing. This rhythm — life, death and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called on clergy and the faithful to observe a month-long “National Day of Prayer and Public Repentance” starting ...