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

Dominican Sister Mary Bendyna, executive director of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, is seen praying ...

I was the one who brought my family back to Sunday Mass because they were the reason I stopped going in the first place.” ...

The historical sources, however, are far less forthcoming. As John Barton, former professor of the interpretation of holy scriptures at the University of Oxford, puts it: “There is no evidence of a ...

In this Year of the Eucharist proclaimed by the Holy Father, we are very aware that the Church draws her life from the Eucharist: Ecclesia de Eucharistia. The hour is the Pascal Mystery in its ...

Holding tridents, swords, spears and small two-headed drums, ash-smeared Hindu holy men marched and rode chariots at sunrise toward the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati ...

Catholic priest threatened with legal action after priest allegedly blocked homosexual couples from receiving communion ...

Amid public warnings to walk in lines without halting anywhere, droves of marchers headed for bathing positions to await sunrise at the confluence of the three holy rivers, the Ganges, Yamuna ...

Watch: Millions take a holy dip on day two of India's Mahakumbh Mela Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

Thousands of Hindu holy men have been arriving in Prayagraj to participate in the Kumbh Mela festival Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as ...

Around 200 cups, in Europe alone, are said to be the Holy Grail. But what makes one cup holy - but not another?

Many Catholic parishes will give their parishioners a piece of chalk, a small bottle of holy water, and the words for the house blessing so that each family can bless its home. Epiphany ...