The man tried to rip off the cloth, as well as kicking down antique candelabra worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Sport has gradually displaced traditional religion on a functional level. Today, many spend their Sundays with sport rather ...

After decades of prolific artistic creation, a master santero is celebrating a first. Los Lunas-based santero Nicolas Otero, a longtime carving and painting saint-maker whose works include church ...

A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that ...

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

The Eucharist is not simply a cultural legacy. It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing ...

Communion can be distributed “under the form of wine alone in a case of necessity,” but many parishes have opted for the ...

In a short but poignant text from his best-known work, ‘Summa Theologiae,’ Aquinas explained his views on venerating relics.

At one time, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Petersburg had an outreach center in Citrus County, offering a number of free services to anyone, not just Catholics. Prior to COVID, they had a ...

Houston Police Department officers are investigating a deadly shooting in south Houston. A female was found dead at 3429 Saint Benedict Street. One person has been placed in custody, officials report.

A joyful, human Christianity." Has this joy survived the rigors of watching over Catholic orthodoxy? Asked only recently if--now Benedict XVI--would agree with John XXIII that the Church is "alive and ...