When I was a young girl attending Mass with my family at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the 1960s and '70s, I don't ever remember wanting to be an altar server. So the fact that I ended up becoming one ...

Catholics are more fortunate than the Old Testament prophets were because in the Eucharist they experience Jesus' closeness and know that God is not far off on a lofty throne, Pope Francis told ...

The Holy Father spent much time before and after the liturgy to greet and bless the tens of thousands of pilgrims from his popemobile. Pope Francis greets tens of thousands of altar servers packed in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. “It’s pretty amazing.” That is how Israel Gombojav, age 15, of Corpus ...

Blame it on those San Francisco values. That’s what the Rev. Joseph Illo believes is driving the uproar around his decision not to train girls to be altar servers at Star of the Sea Catholic Church.

Pope Francis greets altar servers during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 25. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) FATIMA, Portugal (CNS) — Being an altar server should be a ...

As I sit and wait, thousands of thoughts are running through my mind. Where is everyone? What if I have to do this all by myself? Will I remember my cues? That was how I felt on my first day of altar ...

The Diocese of Palayamkottai in southern India encompasses the Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Tenkasi districts with a Catholic population of nearly 138,500. Altar servers attend a training session in ...

Sometimes, love and loyalty appear in the most unexpected forms, and in Barretos, Brazil, it came on four paws. Johnny, a skinny and tired stray dog, found a new home in the heart of a local church, ...

Pope Francis greets a prelate and young people during a special audience with altar servers July 31 in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Credit: Claudio Peri/EPA via CNS.) Listen ROME — Christ’s ...

Two Catholic priests have died after rescuing two altar boys from drowning during a retreat in coastal Ecuador.