Presented in partnership with the Association of US Catholic Priests. This four-part series was designed for both the new and seasoned homilist. The series aimed to strengthen and refresh your ...

The most consistent comment that priests and deacons hear at the church door is “Good homily, Father” or “Appreciated your homily, Deacon.” What does that mean? Bishop Ken Untener, in his book ...

(RNS) — Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other ...

Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Nov. 5, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media) If experience can't prove it, data scraping will: ...

On Dec. 16, as Catholic clergy were in the heart of their Advent preparations for Christmas and getting ready to mount the pulpit for one of their most important preaching opportunities of the year, ...

In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, Rev. Shanan Jones delivers a sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. (Credit: Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP.) The major branches ...

Perhaps the most constant complaint heard from Catholic pews is about the poor quality of the preaching. Although saddening, it might also be a small consolation to know that such seems always to have ...

(RNS) — The hubris displayed in making sexuality the lynchpin of Catholic identity when bishops have failed to convince their flock that they are prepared to police predators could be countered with ...

Preaching at the Areopagus, they laughed at him. Only a few were converted. Evangelically speaking, Paul’s famous sermon given before the good and the great of Athens was not all that successful.

Let's be honest, Catholic priests aren't known for soul-stirring preaching. And according to Pope Francis and many ex-Catholics, that's a problem. Boring sermonizing does not fill the sanctuary or pay ...

Photo by Gianna Bonello via Unsplash. (RNS) — Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape ...

Heaven only knows how long sermons at historically black Protestant churches last — but on average, they are almost four times as long as those in Roman Catholic churches, according to a new study.