VATICAN—Pope Francis onadded the September 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an optional memorial. The decree issued February 11 by the Vatican noted ...

It was exposed in the church of San Matteo in the famous Roman street ... most often the cross, the lance, the sponge, and the nails. The Our Mother of Perpetual Help icon is of this type.

We sing the Roman ... icons or other sacred images have been prepared and decorated.) Ushers direct the clergy from the sanctuary, the religious, and then the rest of the congregation to follow ...

Frequent droughts have pushed authorities to pursue a controversial plan to dam a river to save the waterway — an act that ...

A conservative activist who echoed Donald Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen 2020 election and defended Jan. 6, 2021, ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, sent a ...

A close look at Pompeii’s stone-paved streets has shown how traffic through the ancient city changed dramatically after it was incorporated into the Roman world. Receive a weekly dose of ...

The Holy Dormition Stavropegic Monastery in Zhirovichi is rightly referred to as Belarus’ jewel of Orthodoxy At the beginning of ...

The lapsed-Catholic diva's latest irreverent performance sees her wearing a fake crown of thorns and descending on a suspended, glittery cross as part ... president of the Roman Jewish community ...

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Church, has zealously backed Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and castigates a morally ...

Pérez was named the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2020. He serves as the bishop liaison for the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry and is the chair of ...

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