The biblical material on altar sanctuary is anchored by two stories in 1 Kings. Each tells of someone who grasps “the horns of the altar” in the tabernacle and pleads for mercy—an act that requires ...

Home altars have always held a central place in my domestic life, not as religious relics but as deeply personal spaces that anchor me amidst changes and challenges. Moving out of state to college, ...

In an intensely spiritual moment, Jackie Webb leaned over and kissed the image of Christ crucified Tuesday evening in the ...

The Henry C. Koch-designed Gesu Church, 1145 W. Wisconsin Ave., completed in 1894, is currently undergoing a more than $10 million restoration that began last year. We went over for a look.

Clergy from across Philadelphia erected an altar in front of ICE headquarters on Thursday, ... not Trump,” New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia codirector Peter Pedemonti told the crowd of ...

A large crowd of faithful gathered Sunday night for the solemn Consecration Mass of the new St Peter’s Church in Padungan, ...

Marakah Mancini de Len performs a Reiki treatment near a sign in Spanish reading, Christ is risen, in the sanctuary of St. Pauls-San Pablo Lutheran Church, which recently added wellness sessions ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablo Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos Toapanta lay in a lounge chair set up by the altar, needles sticking out of his forehead ...