Across the expansive, green grounds of St. John the Apostle Church in Leesburg lies a small cemetery. Beside the cemetery ...

Among the directives: Celebrants are to place candles “arranged around the altar” during Mass “since ... hymn to be sung and an invitation to stand” should be normative at all Masses.

At the time Pope Francis picked Bishop Gregg Caggianelli, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — was running the ...

Tucked away in the quiet town of Bocaue lies a little-known historical and spiritual site that links the Philippines to one ...

There was a time when the Sick Call Set was a standard item in many local Catholic households. The housewife might not remember exactly what shelf it was on, but she was confident there was one in the ...

Attitudes towards the centrality of the eucharist have changed over time, and vary in churches today, reports Madeleine ...

But in a side chapel two candles flicker before the altar dedicated to the Blessed Virgin ... In front the grotto of the apparitions stand 37-year-old Johan and 42-year-old Gabrielle.

On Palm Sunday, a week before Easter, the Catholic Church recalls ... exposing the vacant space inside. The altar is stripped bare of its linens and candles, holy water is removed from the church ...

An irate hellraiser stormed the altar at a Long Island church during Sunday mass — toppling sacred, century-old relics and ...

David Kim, a Catholic altar server, stands for a portrait before a Mass at the Princeton University chapel in Princeton, N.J., on Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao) David Kim ...

Fri, May 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM UTC These metal candle holders are specifically designed for tall tapered candlesticks that are up to 2.2 inches wide at the bottom. All six candlestick holders match ...

Trouble has been brewing in various parts of the Catholic ... altar rail and instructed the people that no one was obliged to kneel. All were free to follow their own custom — to kneel or stand ...