The church as the home of our humanity lies latent in Ezekiel’s vision of a new and eternal temple in Jerusalem, built upon a ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield reflects on the readings and Gospel for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nov. 16, 2025.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, or GIRM, gives the following 216 words about the homily in its instructions ...

We do it because of this: The One who draws us to Church on any given Sunday. The One who nourishes our hopes, and who calms ...

Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk during their homilies in the last week. Kirk, 31, was shot during a campus event at Utah ...

ROMEROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

Jn 2:13-22 Happy Church Day! As feast days go, this Sunday is one of the more unusual ones on the church calendar. We don't commemo ...

Whenever I participate in Eucharistic celebrations, I find it consoling to listen to a well-prepared homily. A good homily enables me to enter more deeply into the mystery of faith celebrated in the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As news events made headlines across the United States for months last year — particularly the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America — priests’ homilies did ...