The Church - stripped of its ornaments, the altar bare, and with the door of the empty tabernacle standing open - is as if in mourning. In the fourth century the Apostolic Constitutions described ...

Pallbearers paused before the icon of the Madonna that Francis revered in a final salute, and four children laid white roses at the altar of the ... the coffin with incense and holy water.

11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

Long before the Incarnation, Scripture gave us signs — and Jacob’s ladder is one of the clearest glimpses of the Word made ...

Don’t sacrifice due process on the altar of populist appeal. William Lyons is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Associate Director of The Institute of American Civics at the Howard ...

Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, incenses the altar as he celebrates Mass on the feast of Our Lady of the Snows on Aug. 5, 2024. Credit: Daniel ...

“Altar Boyz,” a musical parodying Christian pop culture, opens at Titusville Playhouse on May 2nd and runs through May 25th. The musical follows a fictional Christian boy band on their final ...

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the ...

Santo Domingo.- Protesters from the Old Order began gathering on Sunday at the Altar of the Fatherland. This nationalist movement has called on its supporters to reaffirm patriotic values and reject ...

Preston Ordone, just 2 years old, passed away after a single-car crash on Thursday, April 24, in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, the fundraiser says. According to the campaign, Preston's parents, ...

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