Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

The bishops have by divine institution taken the place of the apostles as pastors ... reconciliation and the sacrament of sacraments, the Most Holy Eucharist. Mary, mother of our true High Priest ...

An Andalusi tent taken from the campsite of the Almohad caliph Muhammad al-Nāsir was sent to Pope Innocent III after 1212 ...

Image Source : PTI Mahakumbh Amrit Snan ... on Thursday (January 30), more than 27 crore devotees have taken a holy dip in the sacred confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers since the ...

Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which ...

Most I talked to said they were coming to give thanks: They had made a promise to the Virgin, and she had answered their prayer. In the basilica, behind the main altar ... places in Egypt where ...

WORTHINGTON, Minn., (AP) — With their sparkling embroideries and colorful sashes flapping in the frigid wind, hundreds of Guatemalan faithful flocked to the Catholic church of this heartland farming ...

Instead of imaging God through a loving self-sacrifice on the holy ... images the beasts of the sixth day, which are not made in the image of God. In desiring to be like God without God, Adam ...

And yet, the worship spaces that have inspired me the most have been the places that are most simple. During the recent High Holy Days ... transformed into the altar. Here, I ruminate on a ...

Navratri is one of the most sacred festivals in Hinduism, where devotees seek the blessings of Goddess Durga in her nine ...