Some Western countries, erstwhile Catholic countries, are witnessing “empty altars and empty pews.” Priestly vocation ... in addition to the main parish church, which is in permanent need ...

Because the original pulpit was located at the center of the church, pews in the front were designed with a reversible back to allow congregants who had been facing the front altar to turn towards ...

As they hid under the pews, many worshippers ... were left strewn across the church floors, while many more were injured. There was blood on the altar, blood on the floor, bodies on the pews.

When worshippers stream into downtown Milwaukee's historic Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church on Christmas ... of the original damaged pews into carvings for the altar and lectern in the ...