COMMENTARY: The deacon’s reverent presence at the altar invites us to rediscover the mystery, humility and mission at the heart of the Mass.

The words of Jesus Christ at the Last Supper-"Do this in memory of me"-command the continuation of his sacrifice on the cross in every holy Mass celebrated anywhere in the world until the end of time.

Q. 917. What is the Mass? A. The Mass is the unbloody sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ. Q. 918. Why is this Sacrifice called the Mass? A. This Sacrifice is called the "Mass" very probably ...

In heaven, Jesus is worshiped not only as King but as the Lamb still bearing the marks of love. In the Old Testament ...

Scientists have unearthed the remains of more than 140 children and 200 llamas who appear to have died in the New World’s largest known mass sacrifice, researchers reported on March 6 in PLOS One. The ...

Some 500 years ago, the Chimú in what is now Peru ritually killed hundreds of their young in the largest mass child sacrifice events known in world history. Now archaeologists are trying to ...

MANILA: For Catholics, Lent means a period of sacrifice. Often, we think of this in terms of food: abstaining from meat on ...