The 88-year-old pontiff, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, had a restful night after receiving oxygen and a ...

Over the last nine years, students have built “Our Lady of the Snows.” The students of St. Albert the Great University Parish completed this year’s chapel in time for “Ice Masses” to be celebrated in ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his spiritual closeness with the people of Sweden after at least 11 people were killed by a gunman at an adult school in Örebro on Feb. 4. In a Feb. 5 telegram ...

The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World ... The Easter candle is lighted each day during Mass throughout the Paschal season until Ascension Thursday.

Catholics around the world are praying for Pope Francis' good health as the Vatican has reported the pontiff's is in a ...

During the celebration, the candles are blessed at mass and then taken home ... rituals and offerings of light, elements that merged with the Catholic festivity. The candles and rosemary blessed ...

while a cardinal will lead mass on Sunday in Francis’s place. The Argentine pontiff, who took over as head of the Catholic Church in 2013, will be staying at the Gemelli in a suite used ...

Lighting this candle reminds me of going to Catholic Mass with my grandmother and walking ... It also has an impressive throw, particularly when lit. After a half-hour of lighting the candle ...

Join Betty’s family for Mass at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday ... upload photographs and videos, light a candle and sign her official guest book by visiting Buhrig.com ...