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 ...

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) ...

ROME — A church volunteer has admitted to starting the fire at Nantes Cathedral and was charged with arson on Saturday. The 39-year-old Rwandan refugee -- who had been detained and released by the ...

The Revs. Joe Palermo and Thien Nguyen recognized the altar servers of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Metairie for their service recently. Chosen as this year's outstanding altar server is Sydney Andras ...

The Diocese of Palayamkottai in southern India encompasses the Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Tenkasi districts with a Catholic population of nearly 138,500. Altar servers attend a training session in ...

For nearly seven years, Mitchell Reed distinguished himself through the exercise of leadership and organizational skills as an altar server at Huffman’s St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church. Reed, ...

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 ...