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While most Catholics think that the Church established reception in the hand as the ordinary means of communicating, official Vatican documents prove otherwise. This is clear from a May 29, 1969 Instruction promulgated by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, titled: Memoriale Domini.

Is Glory to God in the Highest a Secondary Aspect of Christmas? One speaks implicitly of the glory of God when one affirms His sovereign rights over all of creation and, for love of Him, when individuals, families, professional groups, social-class regions, nations and the entire international society fulfill His law.

The birth of the Virgin Mother of God resembles Christmas because of the extraordinary graces Our Lady received, opening a new era for humanity. The birth of Our Lady, for which She had been ordained, was the means intended by God Our Lord to bring about the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Church promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with encyclicals, consecrations, liturgical feasts and public acts of reparation. As the modern evils grew, so also did the faithful’s attachment to the Sacred Heart.

Throughout history, the Catholic Church has encountered a rare and mysterious phenomenon known as incorruption: the preservation of a body after death beyond what natural causes would normally allow.

A Sacred Invitation to Participate in Christ’s Passion - Holy Week is the pinnacle of the liturgical year — the moment when the Church enters the heart of salvation history with solemnity, awe, and joy.

At Fatima, Our Lady mentioned Russia many times. In 1917, she spoke of the nation as a scourge to other countries, but also of its potential for conversion.

We will consider Our Lady under the title of Help of Christians. Our Lady is indeed our help, but that does not mean we should expect immediate relief. We should not be surprised when Our Lady delays in coming to our aid.

In his profound work Purgatory, Father F.X. Schouppe, S.J., recounts a remarkable story originally told by Father Nieremberg, a holy man who, as Schouppe notes, “died in the odor of sanctity” in 1658.