Mass

Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino, Calif., the main celebrant, distributes Communion to a detainee during a Mass on the grounds of the ICE Processing Center near Adelanto, Calif., Dec. 10, 2025. Attendees said the Mass, which took place in the Mojave Desert, was deeply emotional for both the bishops and the roughly 300 detainees present.

California bishops celebrate ‘very powerful’ Mass for detainees in ICE facility

A group of seven California bishops celebrated Mass at the ICE Processing Center outside the town of Adelanto in the Mojave Desert on December 10, providing communion to the roughly 300 detainees present.

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How Can a Mass Be Offered for a Single Person?

If every sacrifice of the Mass is offered for the Church, how can people request individual intentions?
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How Much of the Mass Must I Attend?

To fulfill the Sunday obligation to attend Mass, how long or for what parts must you be present? What is the penitential rite? Must you be present for that? When may you leave and still fulfill the obligation?
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Missing Mass on Sunday

As an 80-year-old Catholic, I was taught that missing Mass through your own fault is a mortal sin that, if unconfessed and unabsolved, could send you to hell forever. I know friends and other Catholics who are good people but ...
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A file photo shows a family praying during Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.

Almost half of U.S. adults have Catholic connection, but Mass makes significant difference in Catholic identity

Close to half of the nation's adults have a personal or family connection to Catholicism, but Mass attendance makes for significant differences in what Catholics say is essential to their identity.
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Man praying surrounded by ambient light

Postures of Prayer 

Prayer can involve sitting, standing, and kneeling during Mass each have their own distinct role in helping us fully experience and appreciate the liturgy. 
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man reading the Bible

The Efficacy of God’s Word

Simply by going to Mass each Sunday, we hear a huge portion of the Bible over the course of three years.
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