This year, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation, falls on the Second Sunday of Advent. So, are Catholics obligated to go to Mass twice? The answer is yes. The ...

The Monday and Tuesday of Holy Week are known as Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, but in Western Christianity, these days do not have widespread particular traditions or liturgy associated with them. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Archdiocese of Chicago will broadcast Mass in English from Holy Name Cathedral this weekend. Watch Mass at 9:30 a.m. Sunday on ABC 7 Chicago. Mass will air on TV, at ...

Christmas Eve is also the Fourth Sunday of Advent this year. That means the faithful must attend two Masses to meet their Sunday and Christmas Day obligations. In a newsletter issued in early 2017, ...

On Palm Sunday, hundreds of priests, bishops, cardinals, and laypeople solemnly carried large palm branches in procession through St. Peter’s Square to begin the first liturgy of Holy Week. “Dear ...

The Lenten season ends this week and South Jersey churches are preparing to open for blessings of foods and nighttime vigils on Holy Saturday and on Easter Sunday itself both in-church worship and ...

ROME — 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 ...

The Archdiocese of Chicago broadcasts Sunday Mass from Holy Name Cathedral on ABC7. Mass from Holy Name Cathedral airs on ...

In the past, the obligation to attend Mass on a transferred holy day of obligation was not transferred along with the feast day when it fell on a Monday. A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the ...