Firefighters and police officers formed a human chain to rescue the crown of thorns from the inferno at Notre Dame on April ...

It’s not the metal band that gives the ring its worth. The value comes from the diamond the ring holds. In the same way, it’s not the strength or size of our faith that saves us.

When I dropped him off for the first of three rehearsals, we passed a girl crying in front of a sheet of paper taped to a ...

From the Cross he triumphs - ever anew. Lord Jesus Christ, at the hour of your death the sun was darkened. Ever anew you are being nailed to the Cross. At this present hour of history we are ...

The 12 days of Christmas tell of martyrdom, pain, and sacrifice as much as life, joy, and salvation. This is no accident.

An Apache dancer whirling around a bonfire during a coming-of-age ceremony in New Mexico. The towers of Notre Dame Cathedral ...

Father Petro Balogh recalls the later books of the Old Testament, and especially in the New Testament, where personal faithfulness and holiness do not necessarily guarantee deliverance from earthly ...

Items needed for the celebration of the Lesser Sanctification of Water are a small table, upon which the Priest places the Gospel; a wooden, silver‑bound Cross; a censer ... prayers of our holy ...

In mainline Christian circles, winter solstice celebrations and longest night services are growing in popularity.

St. Mary, 528 Second St., has undergone a $2 million renovation in the past two years that makes the inside of the German Gothic Revival church an artistic and symbolic spectacle, regardless of one's ...

By then, many monumental churches had been built all over the country, a symbol of the power of religion. Many of these ...

In the 9 days before Christmas, the Philippines begins its traditional novena of Masses in honor of the Virgin Mary prior to ...