In this 2012 file photo, choir members sing during the annual Black History Month Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. The Mass, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York’s Office of Black ...

In this April 14, 2020 photo, Father Michael Lewis gathers materials at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to deliver last rites to a patient at University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Lewis is only able to ...

A Catholic bishop called on Tuesday for greater recognition of the last rites as an “emergency service” in the wake of the killing of British lawmaker Sir David Amess. Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re ...

"It works! It really works!" Mary (not her real name) is a parish faith formation coordinator and had traveled across the state to participate in our workshop on the upcoming changes to the Rite of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re ...

A U.K. lawmaker has proposed adding an “Amess amendment” to a bill going through Parliament ensuring that Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes. Mike Kane, a Labour Member of ...

3rd APRIL 2012- NEWS- STORY EWA KRETOWICZ - THE CANBERRA TIMES- PHOTO BY MELISSA ADAMS. Archbishop Mark Coleridge appointed Archbishop of Brisbane. The Catholic Church in Australia is fighting on ...

Dalit Christian organizations in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have demanded a separate rite for Dalit Catholics as a solution to caste-based discrimination in the Indian Church. Dalit ...