Apache Christ Icon Controversy Sparks Debate Over Indigenous Catholic Faith Practices MESCALERO, New Mexico (AP) — Anne Marie Brillante never imagined she would have to choose between being ...

The midnight display, involving 200 drones, formed Catholic icons including the Virgin of Montserrat, Pope Francis, the abbey itself, and the surrounding multi-peaked mountain. The event was part ...

Pop stars Miley Cyrus and Taylor Momsen wear rosary necklaces, sometimes four at a time over a slinky corset dress or vintage rock T-shirt.

Even in Catholic circles, icons suffer from insufficient understanding. These images are often regarded as a mere style of art from Eastern Orthodox churches. What they are, however, are glimpses ...

The diocese has returned the icons and other objects after the community’s outrage was covered by various media outlets, and the bishop replaced Simeon-Aguinam with another priest.

Plans for a City Hall painting of Santa Rosa and a 20-foot-tall downtown monument to Our Lady of Guadalupe have drawn opposition, even from Catholics who say religious icons don't ...

Pope Francis has made one groundbreaking move after another in his two-year papacy to retain and welcome more people into the Catholic Church. The announcements include the promise to remove the ...

Progressive Catholic icon Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini dies after saying Church "200 years" behind September 3, 2012 / 10:51 AM EDT / CBS News Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini lies in state at ...

Even in Catholic circles, icons suffer from insufficient understanding. These images are often regarded as a mere style of art from Eastern Orthodox churches. What they are, however, are glimpses ...

The Apache Christ painting hangs behind the altar of St. Joseph Apache Mission church in Mescalero, New Mexico, Saturday, July 13, 2024. The painting, an icon that depicts Christ as a Mescalero ...

The focus of this tense, unresolved episode is the 8-foot Apache Christ painting. For this close-knit community, it is a revered icon created by Franciscan friar Robert Lentz in 1989.