United States Bishops Conference Readings (2024)

FAQs

Do all Catholic churches have the same readings? ›

There are some exceptions to the rule that every church has the same readings around the world. When a saint's feast day is celebrated on a weekday, it is optional to use readings specific to that saint.

The New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (NRSV-CE) is a Bible translation approved for use by the Catholic Church, receiving the imprimatur of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1991.

Our Role. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops promotes the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circ*mstances of time and place.

There are 441 active and retired Catholic bishops who oversee 196 Latin- and Eastern-rite dioceses and archdioceses and one "personal ordinariate" (for former Anglican groups and clergy in the United States who became Catholic) in the United States and U.S. Virgin Islands.

We recommend staying away from translations with unconventional renderings, such as the TEV, and suggest using the Revised Standard Version–Catholic Edition. This is a Church-approved version of the RSV that has a few minor changes in the New Testament.

The reading of Scripture during a Eucharistic celebration in the Catholic Church is to be done by members of that Church.

With over five million professing members and weekly liturgies celebrated in 32 languages, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is numerically the single largest and most ethnically diverse archdiocese in the United States.

Christianity is an important world religion that stems from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus. Roman Catholicism is the largest of the three major branches of Christianity. Thus, all Roman Catholics are Christian, but not all Christians are Roman Catholic.

When used in a broader sense, the term "Catholic" is distinguished from "Roman Catholic", which specifically denotes allegiance to the Bishop of Rome, i.e. the Pope.

John Carroll (born Jan. 8, 1735, Upper Marlboro, Maryland [now in the U.S.]—died Dec. 3, 1815, Baltimore) was the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and the first archbishop of Baltimore.

What is the average age of Catholic bishops? ›

Cardinal Adam Maida, 93, is America's oldest living cardinal. Maida was appointed a bishop in 1983 at age 53. In that year, the average age of a newly appointed bishop was 53, and the average age of an American diocesan bishop was 59.8. Today the average age of an American diocesan bishop is 66.4.

Formulation of the pentarchy theory

Justinian was the first to use (in 531) the title of "patriarch" to designate exclusively the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, setting the bishops of these five sees on a level superior to that of metropolitans.

The readings are the same everywhere, but a parish could celebrate a special feast day and use those prescribed readings. Following the readings their is a homily. The homily is the sermon portion of the mass given by the Priest or Deacon.

The Catholic Church is a unity of 24 different churches, each having their own rite and form of practice. The Roman Church, the largest of them all, has multiple rites, uses, and forms within itself. There are many ways of being Catholic, but all Catholics are in union with the Pope and believe the same things.

In short, Sunday readings repeat every three years, called A, B, and C. In year A, the Gospels are mostly from Matthew, year B is mostly Mark, and year C is mostly Luke. The Old Testament reading is selected to reflect a theme from the Gospel, and the Psalm often does the same.

One of these is the Roman rite or Roman church. It includes most of the Catholics in the Western world. A Roman Catholic is a Catholic who is a member of the Roman rite. There are many Catholics in the East who are not Roman Catholics, such as Maronite Catholics, Ukrainian Catholics, and Chaldean Catholics.