Scratch the altar boys. Bring on the altar servers. The head of the Allentown Diocese has approved the use of girls as altar servers, officially breaking a tradition that dates to the Catholic ...

When I was a young girl attending Mass with my family at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the 1960s and '70s, I don't ever remember wanting to be an altar server. So the fact that I ended up becoming one ...

Loraine Kubiak has spied the quizzical looks as she assists the priest with funeral masses at her Westchester parish. Most Catholics are used to seeing school-age children on the altar, not a ...

From left, Thea Rossi Barron, Emily Zickel and Michael Piehler join a Nov. 20 vigil to protest the exclusion of girl altar servers in many parishes of the Arlington, Va., diocese. (Ted Majdosz) ...

While the priest plays the main role in its celebration, invaluable assistance is provided by the faithful – altar servers, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. “It’s pretty amazing.” That is how Israel Gombojav, age 15, of Corpus ...

As I sit and wait, thousands of thoughts are running through my mind. Where is everyone? What if I have to do this all by myself? Will I remember my cues? That was how I felt on my first day of altar ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday met with more than 50,000 altar servers on an annual pilgrimage to Rome from Germany, urging them to bring Jesus to the world, especially those outside the Church. "You are ...

Blame it on those San Francisco values. That’s what the Rev. Joseph Illo believes is driving the uproar around his decision not to train girls to be altar servers at Star of the Sea Catholic Church.

Anna Sena was honored as a distinguished altar server at a special awards ceremony. Bishop Richard J. Malone presided over the ceremony. Submitted photo Anna Sena of Ashville was honored at the 49th ...