Rt. Revd. Ifedola Okupevi, has called on Nigerians to embrace vigilance, shared responsibility, and moral courage as critical tools for strengthening national security in 2026.In his New Year message ...

In a pastoral letter issued last week, Bishop Michael Martin set Jan. 16, 2026, as the date by which parishes in the Diocese ...

Organizers held a Mass on All Saints Day and Día de los Muertos in Illinois. Faith leaders denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for rejecting ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its ...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has quietly turned to Rome to resolve her two-year-old dispute with the San Francisco archbishop over her receiving Holy Communion. Pelosi for the first time has revealed ...

(RNS) — House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi wants the Vatican to overturn her archbishop’s decision to ban her from taking Communion. The Democratic politician told the National Catholic Reporter, in ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered an apology after participating in a bizarre video stunt in which she appeared to mock the Communion sacrament. “Over 25 years in public service, I would never do ...

The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has “unambiguously condemned” the refusal of communion “to a public representative in the diocese of Cloyne” and described as “a particularly aggravating ...

Parents need to sit down with their children before the event, and agree some basics over how to deal with it First communion is a big day, on so many levels. Photo: Getty As communion season takes ...

An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.