For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Further reading: The symbol, a source of harmony The ... which explains its presence as protection in many pagan rituals. In the Catholic tradition, until before Vatican II, baptismal water ...

Metropolitan Arseniy of Sliven has openly condemned the Nestinarian ritual, urging Bulgarian priests and believers not to ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV marks a turning point for American Catholicism and global Christianity, reshaping political, ecclesial and cultural dynamics in the United States and beyond.

I would like that our first great desire be for a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world,” he said.

with the marked cross on top a symbol of Christian faith. But it hasn't always been this way. The rolls, often filled with dried fruit and spices, actually have pagan roots. Historians say they ...

England had broken away from the Catholic ... pagan festivals, then moved into Christian rites, survived royal bans, and sailed through waves of superstition. Yet they remain a symbol of Easter ...

England had broken away from the Catholic Church ... They once symbolised pagan festivals, then moved into Christian rites, survived royal bans, and sailed through waves of superstition. Yet they ...

While millions around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day every March 17, the sad fact is that Patrick has never been canonized by the Catholic Church ... together the old pagan traditions ...

Pagan influence is present in the iconography of Catholic churches across Montreal. Photo Rebekah Walker Christian iconography is fused with religious devotion, becoming synonymous with the faith ...

Was Jesus really born on Dec. 25 or was that just a convenient date to try to supplant a pagan holiday celebrated on the same day? Let’s face it; Christians do have a history of “baptizing” dates, ...