Father Andrew Menke, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Divine Worship, said that he hopes the potential new prayer book will be helpful for laypeople who want to minister to the ...

Concluding his homily, Bishop McKinney said: “How good it would be if we could also prefix the word ‘Saint’ to her name and her legacy here in Nottingham and in many parts of the world! I end by ...

Pope Francis on Sunday implored a group of elderly and sick members of Rome’s seaside parish to pray for him because he, too, had grown old and was ailing. “Pray for me, too, eh,” Francis told the ...

Writing in the context of the Year for Priests, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, the President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, has sent a letter to those who are sick and suffering, ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday asked his Catholic followers to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who he said is “very sick” at the moment. Francis requested a “special prayer” for his 95-year-old ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis said Wednesday that his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, is "very sick" and he is praying for him and would like the faithful to as well. Benedict is 95. His health ...

An English Catholic bishop has appealed for prayers to advance the cause of a religious sister who devoted her life to caring for the sick. Preaching at a live-streamed Mass on Feb. 8, Bishop Patrick ...