The second, and even more significant, move toward reverence was turning ad orientem, that is, the priest at the altar facing ...

The Vatican has entered into an agreement with China aimed at ending division between two Catholic communities ...

It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...

The Dreyfus Affair (1894-1906) Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French officer, was falsely accused of treason. The case exposed deep ...

March 28 is the birthday of St. José Sánchez del Río, a 14-year-old boy who was martyed during the Cristero War in Mexico in ...

RELIGION is complicated for Pádraig Ó Tuama. “Sometimes, I try to object to the idea of being a religious poet, and then I ...

Parishioners learned the disappointing news over the weekend in a letter from the Bishop of Hamilton, Douglas Crosby. The decision comes after two years of discussion about the pastoral and ...

Matthew Hardy first played the organ at St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Gorleston on the First Sunday ... The Mass procession was accompanied in fitting fashion by the hymn “Praise to the holiest in ...

READING — Central York boys’ basketball coach Jeff Hoke felt good about his team heading into Wednesday’s second-round clash with District 12 power Roman Catholic in the PIAA Class 6A ...

“Roman left unexpectedly, leaving behind a legacy of passion, talent, and kindness that touched the lives of so many around the world,” he wrote on X. “To his fans, friends and loved ...

Croatia In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire. Prices of ...

The Roman Catholic Church prioritized a standardized liturgy and collection of chants, so before the Reformation, Christians mostly heard the same music and text in the same language (Latin ...