Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converging on Saudi Arabia unite in religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. They fulfill a ...

COMMENTARY: The canonization centennial of two influential French priests illustrates new light from the marvelous feast of ...

VIENNA: Donauinselfes t, Europe’s largest free-entry music festival, June 20-22. EHRWALD AND GRAINAU: Bergfeuer Zugspitz ...

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

We’ve got used to the rainbow flag fluttering aloft every public building, but this year the ‘wheels finally seem to be coming off the Pride clown car’, writes Gareth Roberts in his cover piece this ...

Ahead of Ascension Day tomorrow, we’re looking back at the key date in the Christian calendar and how we’ve marked it over ...

These two, with Sukkot, the “Feast of Booths,” were the three pilgrimage festivals of ancient Judaism. The Book of Exodus ...

St. Joseph Christian looked like they were on the way to the quarterfinal round of the Class 2 state baseball tournament, until a late surge from Maysville brought the Lions season to an end. Monday ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public ...

Meet cheetahs Zola, Lulu and Kiara, sisters born Nov. 2, 2024. They are part of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s ...

Off the road system, any big event requires a unique set of logistics. For the upcoming glorification of St. Olga in the ...

The chasuble is a liturgical vestment worn by the priest during the celebration of Mass. Its significance goes beyond aesthetics: it represents the charity that must envelop the priest and the ...