Named to lead New York's vast Catholic diocese, Edward Egan was elevated to cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Look back ...

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In this exclusive extract from Adele Bertei's new book from Bloomsbury's celebrated 33 1/3 imprint, she explores the night ...

The events marked the latest round in a four-year-long internal schism over an ancient liturgical question: whether priests should face the altar or the people in attendance ... The row has made the ...

Second of three parts Continuing excerpts from National Artist Amado V. Hernandez's novel "Mga Ibong Mandaragit" (The Preying ...

Dr. Pelikan takes The Babylonian Captivity of 1520 as the Reformation platform. Ecclesiasticism ... German reformer was willing to keep even the pope if with him he could have the Gospel.

Pope Francis fell after stumbling on an altar step today during a visit to Poland but quickly got back to his feet, without injury. High above the altar in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ...

Video posted on X shows the individual climbing onto the altar, which is used for major liturgical celebrations presided over by Pope Francis. He’s seen pulling off the altar cloth before being ...

Gigante’s research, published today in The Burlington Magazine, also suggests that a high-profile figure such as Pope Innocent IV ... placed over the high altar. The artist transformed ...