Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we actually adore the material image, of course, but rather what it represents. In kneeling before the ...

A recording of a debate about Jesus’ presence in the elements of the Lord’s Supper has inspired a new round of discussion ...

Veneration of the Cross until 11 p.m. Saturday Easter Vigil in the Holy Night – 7 p.m. Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord — 6:30 and 10 a.m. Santa Barbara Catholic Church ...

Over 90,000 pilgrims flocked to Alba de Tormes, Spain, May 11-25, to venerate the incorrupt body ... including St. John of the Cross, with whom she established the Discalced Carmelites.

Intercessory prayers for the Church and the entire world, Christian and non-Christian. Veneration of the Cross Communion, or the 'Mass of the Pre-Sanctified.' ...

Sometimes depicting Christ, Mary, the apostles or other saints, they form an integral part of the Orthodox liturgy. In fact, the veneration of saints is a dogma of the faith formulated at the ...

In September 1964, Pope Paul VI, in a gesture of goodwill toward the Greek Orthodox Church, returned Saint Andrew’s skull along with pieces of his cross to the city of Patras in Greece—where ...

COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into ...

By Jennifer Galardi, First Things. (photo: Ruth Gledhill/Unsplash) ...

ALMOST 2000 parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC) have transferred to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine since 2019, when the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew, recognised ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...