On the basis of age-old custom, water is one of the signs that the Church often uses in blessing the faithful. Holy water reminds the faithful of Christ, who is given to us as the supreme divine ...

of Holy Week. These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church. This Mass stresses the importance Jesus puts on the humility of service, and the need for cleansing with water ...

While I continue to grieve for those whose lives have been forever changed by this catastrophe, friends and colleagues among ...

The full title of the document — Exsul Familia Nazarethana, or “The Exiled Nazarene Family” — refers to Jesus, Mary and ...

What it did not find time to do was to stop the abuse of children by Catholic priests. A church founded by a man who ...

Sunday mass at Oak Park church on Sunday commemorated Father Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the United States. He served in Chicago in the 1800s.

It was fitted with the Triveni Sangam water-carrying test tube at the centre and shells from Prayagraj at the sides. Many people are bringing home holy water and sand from Triveni Sangam ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

It comes on the heels of several high-profile child-abuse scandals involving the French Catholic Church. Read moreFrance reels from new sex abuse allegations against Emmaus charity founder Abbé ...

French Prime Minister François Bayrou is fighting allegations that he ignored reports of the widespread sexual abuse of minors at a Catholic boarding school ... calls for greater scrutiny of France’s ...

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