In many parishes, a once-standard sanctuary staple is making a comeback: the altar rail. “Having an altar rail has really brought back a sense of reverence,” said Laurie Biszko, a parishioner at Holy ...

Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte announced Wednesday that altar rails, kneelers, and prie-dieus can no longer be used for receiving Holy Communion in diocesan churches across half of ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...