More than 900 parishioners of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw met Tuesday at the Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption, 615 Hoyt in Saginaw, for the annual Chrism Mass. The Mass to prepare the holy oils ...

OGDENSBURG — The consecrated oil Diocese of Ogdensburg priests will use to anoint the foreheads of parishioners all year long was recently blessed by the Most Reverend Terry R. LaValley in a Chrism ...

Bishop J. Mark Spalding of Nashville, Tenn., celebrates the annual chrism Mass April 12, 2022, at Sagrado Corazon Church at the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nashville. (Credit: Katie Peterson/Tennessee ...

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark led on Wednesday the ritual preparation of the holy chrism oil for the 40th time in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church and the ...

Bishop Timothy Senior, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, led the Chrism Mass Monday at Saint Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg. The Chrism Mass, celebrated on Monday of Holy Week, offers the ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — HUNDREDS OF PRIESTS IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN renewed their vows on Tuesday afternoon, April 15 as part of the Chrism Mass held annually during Holy Week. Diocesan ...

On Holy Thursday, more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations during the chrism Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis delegated Cardinal ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Priests “anointed” by the Holy Spirit should be authentic agents of harmony rather than “instruments of division,” Pope Francis said. Celebrating the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s ...