The papal basilica, also known as the 'Bethlehem of the West,' houses both the venerated icon of Mary and relics of Christ’s ...

Reception of holy Communion on the tongue has been a tradition of the Church for more than 15 centuries. It began, largely, as an effort to affirm that the Eucharist was not a symbol or a ritual ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is ... for cleansing with water, a symbol of baptism. Also emphasized are the critical importance of the Eucharist and the sacrifice of Christ ...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has quietly turned to Rome to resolve her two-year-old dispute with the San Francisco archbishop over her receiving Holy Communion. Pelosi for the first time has ...

The Holy Year of 2015 The extraordinary or special Jubilee of Mercy began on November 29, 2015, with Pope Francis opening the Holy Door of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Shoppers are going wild over a 'holy grail' item from Chemist Warehouse for transforming their dry, chapped lips. Tian Tsui, from Melbourne, was on a mission to try the new Dermal Therapy ...

Holy Cross expects the event will draw 6,800 riders and 3,500 volunteers as the rides commence on Aug. 1 and Aug. 2, 2026, according to a Tuesday press release.

Although the lives of these two young men both embody a deep love for the Eucharist, they have had ... Midway through the Holy Year of 1925, he went home to the Lord, at the age of 24.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter ...

By combining synthetic biology and AI-machine learning, the Concinnity technology has been described as the ‘holy grail for emerging gene therapies’, making such treatments both more effective ...

The Holy Angels school building went back on the market yesterday, priced at just under $1.1 million. In September, the Archdiocese of Chicago sold the building, which dates to the late 1880s ...

The attendance of the UK chancellor at the meeting was an “important symbol” of a warmer relationship, he said. “Whether you’re the finance minister of the UK, or the finance minister in a ...