The prohibition of pastoral missions in the Diocese of León and the tightening of restrictions on Catholic religious events in Managua and other cities continues in Nicaragua.

WATERLOO — Mardi Gras Bunco night will be held Tuesday, Feb. 17 at St. Francis-St. Clare Parish Gym (former St. Mary’s School), 35 Center St. in Waterloo.

Though not a church rite, Black Masking Indian processions follow a ritual calendar that mirrors Catholic sacred time. Mardi Gras Day itself precedes Ash Wednesday, the threshold between feasting and ...

A journalist covering religious affairs, an opposition politician, and a teacher are among the latest group of Cambodians to ...

Lent begins two weeks earlier than last year, meaning the season’s milestones arrive a bit sooner this year. Here are the key ...

Bolivia’s signature Carnival lives in the thin air of the Altiplano, in a mining city that turns devotion into a marathon ...

A pilgrim walks through the mountain pass between the Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanos, known as Paso de Cortes in Santiago Xalitzintla, in the Mexican state of Puebla Dec. 9, 2025, ahead of the ...

The Feast of Corpus Christi, or the Dies Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Domini Iesu Christi, is one of the Catholic Church's most vibrant celebrations, celebrated across the world via an array of ...

Pope Pius XI pondered, ordered suspended recently elaborate preparations for the international congress of Catholic sport associations in Rome, because Roman Catholic processions had been jostled by ...

Several Southern Tier parishes joined many others across the Diocese of Rochester in conducting outdoor eucharistic processions on Sunday, June 22. The events that day honored the Solemnity of the ...

Eucharistic processions during the feast of Corpus Christi give parishes a chance to bring Jesus out of a church building and into the streets. Processions are usually just that — a crowd of people ...

In honor of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi, St. John the Evangelist Church in Spencerport and St. Christopher Church in North Chili presented outdoor ...