Not only is there a biblical basis for the teaching on purgatory, but the teaching also makes sense based on the promises contained in Scripture to those who have been called to be saints.

Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels — although just under one quarter of the nation's Catholics are in the pews on a regular weekly basis.

HELP PEOPLE FEEL LIKE HOME. SUNDAY MARKS THE CULMINATION OF MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OF WORK AS PARISHES MERGE AND NEW COMMUNITIES BEGIN AGAIN. SO IT’S GOING TO BE LIKE A NEW BEGINNING FOR EVERYONE. IT ...

The Vatican announced that Pope Leo XIV will offer Mass at Campo Verano Cemetery near the Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m.

Worshippers pray during a weekly Sunday Mass at St. Martha Church in Uniondale, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2021. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, CNS) (OSV News) — Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic ...