The Vatican has sought to engage young people in the 2025 Jubilee pilgrimage with the introduction of Luce, an anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee.

Holy Thursday celebrates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and ... and the need for cleansing with water, a symbol of baptism. Also emphasized are the critical importance of ...

Reception of holy Communion on the tongue has been a tradition of the Church for more than 15 centuries. It began, largely, as an effort to affirm that the Eucharist was not a symbol or a ritual ...

At U.S. presidential inaugurations, prayers often reflect national identity as much as faith. From New York Cardinal Timothy ...

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Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

The feast of the Holy Family presents us with a somewhat different picture ... a pilgrimage where human loneliness comes to rest in the convivencia of the Eucharist, where human desire finds ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a 'holy dip' in the sangam, the confluence of three rivers - the Ganga, the Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati - in Prayagraj, where the Maha Kumbh is being held ...

You have a much more heavy-handed symbolism [in the frame, carved by Christian Gottlieb Kühn]: Eye of God, eucharistic symbols of the wine and the bread. And then you have this landscape painting ...

See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals. You are also able to see our calendar for the weeks ahead and view orders of service for selected services.

What do Mariah Carey, the cast of Glee and South Park's Eric Cartman have in common? They've all recorded the Christmas classic O Holy Night. This Christian favourite is a powerful hymn that reduces ...