Kyra Pence receives her medallion from Bishop Richard Malone during the 48th annual Catholic Bishop’s Altar Server awards recently at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Buffalo. Submitted photo BUFFALO — Kyra ...

The ringing of the brass altar bells was one of my favorite moments when I was an altar boy, and also in my experience of the Mass to this day. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Lafayette ...

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 ...

Pope Francis celebrated a liturgy with tens of thousands of altar servers packed in St. Peter’s Square for a special audience on Tuesday evening, reminding them that Jesus Christ is always present ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has mandated that girls are not permitted to serve as altar servers in parishes within the Archdiocese of Colombo. “No girls should be invited to serve at the altar ...

Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has taken the lead in keeping women away from the altar. Last October, he decreed that there would be no female altar servers in his archdiocese. No matter that the ...