A butter lamb has taken center stage on my family’s Easter table for as long as I can remember. Each year at Easter, my ...

During Holy Week, also referred to as Semana Santa, Catholics get to know Jesus more deeply over a week of solemn ...

Paris: In a dramatic reversal, French Catholic baptisms of adults doubled during the past two years and will hit a projected ...

The Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Logan, which has stood in its place west of Old Main Hill for almost 60 years, recently added a set of four stained-glass windows ...

Ilja, Kirill's spiritual father, had been awarded the highest monastic title, that of ‘archimandrite with the skhima’, a super-cape with symbols that attest to the highest vows of ...

The International Theological Commission publishes “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour: 1700th Anniversary of the Ecumenical ...

Lenten symbols are placed before the altar at St. Anne Church in ... 30 pieces of silver, desert sand, Roman lance, chalice, bread and pitcher of vinegar. Deacon Fred Molina said, “Parishioners are ...

Precious condiment and essential to life, salt is a symbol that can signify just as much a curse as a means of protection, depending on the context of the biblical narrative.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop ...

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 ...

Over two weekends, March 9 and March 16, The Roman Catholic ... communion with the Catholic Church. Catechumens — those who have never been baptized — formally declare their intention to receive the ...

What is baptism? Is it necessary ... whether Lutheran or Orthodox, Anglican or Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, or Church of Christ. Even Anabaptists (literally “rebaptizers,” a label ...