The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, recently ordained 12 new Catholic priests in a joyful Mass at its cathedral.

He stated, per the record, that he was in the 1200 block of West Locust Street, and police traced his call as coming from within St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1209 W. Locust St., Bloomington.

June 9 is the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church. As liturgical feasts go, it’s very recent: Pope Francis only added it to the calendar in 2018, on the Monday after Pentecost.

Here is a list of the garments you may see the new pope wearing once he steps out onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the people.

Baptism adds us to the church, which is Christ’s body: “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

Baptism by proxy is done in a large baptismal pool in the temple; members over the age of 12 don white robes and are dunked once for each ancestor they represent. Baptisms by proxy are done by ...

People welcome Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin a she arrives to celebrate mass for the dedication and inauguration of the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, 50km ...

Some early Christian writers use an extraordinary image to help us understand what is going on at Christ’s baptism. They say that Christ left the robe of his divinity in the water, so that those of us ...

Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, before thousands of Jordanians, Palestinians, other Arabs and diplomats.

AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, His Majesty’s chief adviser for religious and cultural affairs and personal envoy, on Friday attended the inauguration ...

The church was constructed following the direct supervision and generous donation of "Knight of the Holy Sepulchre" Nadim Muasher, who built it in memory of his son Ayman, who tragically passed away ...