A federal judge is allowing more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide to reject government regulations that protect ...

“Being Catholic” is not merely a state of being; it requires action—it requires practice. Understanding Catholicism as an action, in addition to a set of beliefs, reminds us that our religion is not ...

All the rites in use today evolved from the liturgical practices ... is known as a ritual church. The church in a certain territory is known as a particular church. The Catholic Encyclopedia ...

While many Catholic leaders in Nigeria ... adding that young people embracing African religious practices instead “meet, slaughter animals, perform rituals, dance, and go home with full stomachs.” ...

She makes the compelling argument that Catholic practice in the village, rather than adopting Chinese forms in a gradual ... The Missionary’s Curse should appeal to anyone interested in the ...

Taken as a whole, the online Catholic world can look more like an abstract pointillist painting than a coherent landscape. To borrow the imagery of Isaiah Berlin, the internet environment ...

In the church, more than a problem of doctrine, it is an issue of confronting already existing practices, the reality of lived Catholicism in many churches around the world (as has emerged already ...

Pusey, the only pre-eminent first-generation leader of Anglo-Catholicism to survive into the second generation, had no sympathy with the preoccupation with ritual. However, when priests started to be ...

and aligning rituals with their astrological meanings can enhance the divine connection and spiritual benefits. By understanding the cosmic energies associated with the festival’s practices ...

McGivney in 1882, pointed out that freemasonry “is fundamentally opposed to our Catholic faith,” CBCP News reported. Freemasonry refers to the beliefs and practices of several fraternal organizations ...