(Courtesy/Dennis Rees)Staten Island Advance After reciting a number of prayers and blessings, Rev. Martine proceeded to light the Christ Candle, which is taken into the church and passed to every ...

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Second World War artefacts including a gas mask and an air raid warden’s helmet will be processed through Westminster Abbey ...

The royal family will stand with the congregation as the symbols of the conflict, from the Imperial War Museum’s collection, are carried and placed near the High Altar. Amid the hymns ...

MANILA, Philippines — Church bells rang out across the Philippines ... Francis”, sat next to a statue of Jesus, a candle to either side. A handful of parishioners filed down after the sermon ...

The Catholic Church has many historical customs ... placed close to the basilica’s main altar, the Altar of the Confession, with the paschal candle nearby, in order that the public may view ...

“Mercy is the very foundation of the Church’s life.” — Pope Francis, “The Name of God is Mercy” (2016) More than 65 years later, I still remember the experience of being an altar boy ...

“The vast majority of Americans support it and I’m certainly not going to change any of our practices, except to become even more vocal and to be very clear that in the Episcopal Church ... We lit a ...

Church bells tolled across Manila on Monday ... "I spoke to my daughter's picture while lighting a candle at her altar and said, 'Pope Francis is gone. Welcome him there.'" REUTERS Join ST's ...