MARIA STEIN - Salvage crews made a major breakthrough at the fire-ravaged St. John the Baptist Church when they unearthed the ...

(RNS) — Near the register at the Advent Shop, a 20-year-old Catholic religious goods store on Long Island, New York, a wooden table has been carefully arranged into a kind of altar.

A Virginia Catholic bishop says the desecration of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday points to a larger worldwide trend of attacks against Catholics.

The new parish uses St. Paul’s campus, and has incorporated elements of the other churches, including a statue of St. Thérèse of Lisieux from St. T To the side of the altar is a statue from St.

It’s like an eternal law. And it’s the truth of Gaudete Sunday, the truth of Advent and Christmas, this truth of the universe. As Paul wrote to the Philippians, “Rejoice in the Lord, always. I shall ...

Above, Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris arrives for the inaugural Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the ...

Contributed Natalie Irwin, left, and Danica Johnson carry a wreath to the altar during a retreat at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Delmar Nov. 20. For The Catholic Messenger The St. Patrick Cluster ...

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The holiday begins the liturgical year, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. This year, Advent will be observed from Sunday, Dec. 1, to Tuesday, Dec. 24. How is Advent celebrated?

Bishop Dennis Sullivan consecrates the new marble altar in Assumption Church, Christ the Redeemer Parish, Atco. (Photo by Carlos Otero) ATCO – Standing before the new marble altar in Christ the ...

I have brought you and your heart and hopes with me. It is Advent 2023 and the sanctuary is dressed in purple; the smell of incense fills the air; the candles burn, offering their tender, holy light, ...

“Advent Dynamism.” Advent 2006. Reprinted with permission of Fr. Roger J. Landry. The Author Rev. Roger J. Landry Father Roger J. Landry is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, who ...