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A Letter to Our Holy Father from an SSPX Catholic

Kennedy Hall, Crisis I will not rehearse the theological disputes here. You are an intelligent man, and you can do your reading. I will only ask you to consider the charity of you...

In the Parish: A letter to my Churchwardens

DEAR churchwardens, First of all, a caveat. You might think this is about you. It isn’t. It is about the Universal Churchwarden/Steward/Elder/General Figure of Elected Authority i...

Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 5/19

    Image source A priest breaks open the words of Scripture as he breaks open the bread of the Eucharist: to feed the people of God...  A Prayer for Priests* Gracious God, loving...

A Priest’s 3 Secrets: Leo XIV’s Beautiful Homily (and Task) at His Second Mass for Priestly Ordinations as Pope

The Pope’s Homily on the Occasion of the Priestly Ordinations during the World Day of Prayer for Vocations The post A Priest’s 3 Secrets: Leo XIV’s Beautiful Homily (and Task) at H...

A Sacred Cloth and the Love That Formed a Priest

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Three Bits of Advice from the Pope for Newly Ordained Priests: Leo XIV’s Words to a Group of Legionaries of Christ

After the catechesis imparted at the General Audience, the Holy Father approached the group of newly ordained priests from the Legionaries of Christ to take a group photo. Respondi...

Easter Prayer

Your letters: Mental health, war and the Society of St. Pius X

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories about the church and mental health, the war in Iran and the Vatican's handling of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X. 

Beautiful Stories of Priestly Longevity! These Are the Greatest Priests in the World

The faithful often find in certain priests a wisdom that is difficult to replace. Decades of spiritual accompaniment, shared sufferings, and human experience allow them to speak se...

Letters to the Editor

Thoughts on Primate’s installation From the Dean of Lichfield Madam, — I sat in Canterbury Cathedral on the Feast of the Annunciation, reflecting on the 36 years since I began my...

Your letters: Assisted suicide, LGBTQ+ inclusion and married priests

Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to stories about assisted suicide, LGBTQ+ inclusion and a Belgian bishop who wants to ordain married men. 

‘You Are Mine Now’: How Our Lady of Lourdes Captured Two Priestly Vocations

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Heralds of the Gospel Resume Priestly Ordinations After Years of Unexplained Interference by the Vatican

The ceremonies, scheduled for April 11 and 12 under the auspices of the clerical society Virgo Flos Carmeli, bring to an end a de facto suspension that had lasted since 2019 The po...

Let Us Not Get Confused: Christ Is the Priest at Mass

Pax Tecum Why does the Sign of Peace take place after the Our Father, right before Holy Communion? It almost seems to be in a bad location at Holy Mass. At the large parishes I’ve...

ASK FATHER: If a bishop and also priests confirm at the same time, who is the minister of confirmation?

From a reader: This is from the Archdiocesan website, “Why do priests anoint candidates for confirmation alongside the bishop? The Sacrament of Confirmation is conferred by the bis...

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe’s Easter message

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe sent the following Easter message to the church on April 4, Holy Saturday.  Dear friends in Christ: One of the paradoxical truth...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Quasimodo Sunday (and “Low” and “Thomas” and “Divine Mercy”)

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligat...

Argentine priest commissions child Eucharistic ministers during Sunday Mass

A video posted to Instagram shows adolescents distributing Communion in plastic bowls after being commissioned by the parish priest at a Palm Sunday Mass in Argentina.

A Catholic priest goes to the doctor and is prescribed euthanasia twice: here’s how that unpleasant experience unfolded

For the priest, sharing his story is not merely an act of denunciation but also a warning The post A Catholic priest goes to the doctor and is prescribed euthanasia twice: here’s h...

Priests often serve as first responders for those struggling with mental health, experts say

In the Church, clergy can play a crucial role in supporting the mental health of those in their parishes and communities, according to Bishop Dolan. He and other Catholic mental he...

Don’t Let the Flock Minimize the Shepherd: The Difference Between the 2 Priesthoods

…he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. In Christ’s time, brave shepherds in Israel would come together in the evening, put their flock...

Sunday Synopsis: United in Prayer

Shikrot Mpwi – Sunday Synopsis Fr. Justine John DYIKUK Dear friends in Christ, On the Seventeenth Sunday of Easter, Year A – 60th World Communications Day (17 May 2026), I bring yo...

Thursday, May 28, 2026 - Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest - We can be united even in our diversity

To read the texts click on the texts: Isa 6:1-4,8; Heb2:10-18; Jn 17:1-2,9-14-20 The feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Eternal High Priest was instituted in 2013, to remind us o...