A new analysis from the Pew Research Center shows that many Catholic priests are holding to Pope Francis' advice to keep their homilies on the shorter side, especially compared to Protestant ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As news events made headlines across the United States for months last year — particularly the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America — priests’ homilies did ...

For the better part of 40 years in churches across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, clergy ceded the floor to laypeople for the delivery of the homily — the sermon that follows the reading of ...

Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Nov. 5, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media) If experience can't prove it, data scraping will: ...

Catholic priests must deliver good homilies so the "good news" of the Gospel can take root in people's hearts and help them live holier lives, Pope Francis said. But the faithful in the pews need to ...

Every homily should center on Jesus, they stress in a new document on preaching. Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila gives the homily during Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle ...

Since the close of polls Tuesday, the nation has struggled with anxiety, loss of sleep and patience. For guidance, I called Father David Garcia. It’s one of the perks of the job. Scholars provide ...

Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk during their homilies in the last week. Kirk, 31, was shot during a campus event at Utah ...

Sunday homilies should promote repentance, instill a sense of mission and lead Catholics to grow in understanding their faith, the U.S. bishops said in a new document on preaching. "The ultimate goal ...

In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, Rev. Shanan Jones delivers a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) The major branches of ...

Lamont Gee of Philadelphia waits in a pew at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul to serve as cantor at a Mass for the end of the 2019-2020 school year. (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, ...