Pope Francis declared during his Wednesday catechesis on June 12 that homilies must only be eight minutes short. Philstar.com. ... With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can ...

VATICAN CITY — Priests should keep their homilies short and speak for a maximum of eight minutes to prevent members of the congregation from nodding off, Pope Francis said on Wednesday. The homily, or ...

Priests should keep their homilies short and speak for a maximum of eight minutes to prevent members of the congregation from nodding off, Pope Francis said on Wednesday. Pope Francis visits ...

Pope Francis got seven seconds of applause recently when he said that some Catholic preachers talk too much. “At times, there are long sermons, 20 minutes, 30 minutes. But, please, preachers ...

His homilies were unusually direct. “He’d say that a homily should be short and to the point, like a miniskirt,” said Elsa Ocampo, 81, a volunteer at the Our Lady of Montserrat church in ...