I just read a jarring statistic that 72% of self-identified Catholics in the United States do not attend Mass every week. That fact was reported in an April 12 “short read” from the Pew Research ...

Christmas Eve is also the Fourth Sunday of Advent this year. That means the faithful must attend two Masses to meet their Sunday and Christmas Day obligations. In a newsletter issued in early 2017, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Catholics in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe will once again have to fulfill their obligation to attend Sunday Mass. Archbishop John Charles Wester wrote in a letter Monday that the ...

LOS ANGELES — San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass ...

(RNS) — A Southern California Catholic bishop announced Tuesday (July 8) that he is lifting the obligation for local Catholics to attend Mass if they have reason to fear immigration enforcement after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a wide-ranging panel interview, Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob said he doubted he would go along with Cardinal Timothy Dolan ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette issued guidance today regarding exceptions to the Sunday Mass obligation due to severe weather anticipated this weekend.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catholics in two local dioceses have been dispensed from their Sunday Mass obligation due to the major winter storm expected this ...