Fr. Richard Fragomeni is associate professor of liturgy and preaching at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He holds degrees in theology, religious studies, liturgy and music, and is in great ...

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (RNS) One morning each week, I ascend the outdoor staircase on the side of our little church and enter the Upper Room – a cozy, loftlike space above the pastors’ offices set apart ...

For more than a decade, Jews have been permitted to hold egalitarian prayer services at a southern section of the Western Wall that lies out of sight of Orthodox worshippers. But the area, known as ...

Ninety-four steps. Ninety-four prayers. Starting well before dawn on the Friday before Easter, Cincinnati’s Catholics offer a prayer on each step as they ascend the stairs from Gregory Street in Mount ...