Ben Black Bear Jr., at far left, with (back row) his wife Arlene, mother Iva and father Ben Black Bear Sr., and daughters (front row) Benita and Berlene, on his ordination day in 1976. Credit: St.

In the latest release of Mass schedules for Holy Week and Easter Sunday by the Archdiocese of Agana, many parishes announced palm leaves won't be distributed at Palm Sunday Masses. Guam has long ...

I had my throat blessed on Feb. 2. I’ll have ashes placed on my forehead on March 5 — both are sacramentals I first learned about at St. Raymond school in East Rockaway, which was then a part of the ...

Blantyre, 06 February, 2025 / 5:15 pm (ACI Africa). The leadership of the Catholic youths in Malawi has condemned abuse of religious attire by a section of students at Mzuzu University at a past ...

When I was in seminary, I learned the theological meaning of the sacraments and how our celebration of the sacraments has evolved over time, starting with their institution by Jesus himself. What I ...

What will delight lovers of J.R.R. Tolkien most is the portrait of the man that is drawn in the pages of Holly Ordway’s biography. In the final chapters, she summarizes his life as the extraordinary ...

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Byzantine-style mosaic of Christ Pantokrator in the Cefalù Cathedral, erected by Roger II in 1131. Credit: Gun Powder Ma / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 Christianity is the world’s largest religion, ...

The new owners of an old Catholic church in central Wisconsin are still fixing the place up. Ali and Curtis Aderholdt bought St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Kronenwetter, about 20 miles ...

This Christmas, a Morton Grove church is celebrating the arrival of two Catholic holy relics, including one from St. Luke, a key figure in Christianity and author of a gospel that tells the story of ...