COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Federal immigration authorities will be permitted to target schools and churches after President ... as were hospitals, funerals, weddings and public demonstrations. In a statement touting the ...

Three Unitarian churches in Rochester, New York, came together last weekend to host the Big Gay Wedding event, a free opportunity for LGBTQ+ couples, many of whom are fearful that marriage ...

Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time in purgatory — where the Catholic Church teaches that people who have confessed their sins are purified before entering ...

Jennifer is crushed that h e r dream of a huge Catholic wedding may have gone up in smoke,' a close friend said. 'A month ago she was telling people that she'd be able to get the church to agree ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo church is offering free weddings for LGBTQ+ couples this weekend as a part of their “Buffalo’s Big Gay Wedding” event. Couples can tie the knot between ...

Love and resilience were on full display this past weekend at the inaugural Big Gay Wedding Day, held at Rochester’s First Universalist Church. Organized by local Unitarian Universalist ...

This jubilee also coincides with the celebrations of the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee. The whole historic baptism site was identified and classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site some 20 ...

LOS ANGELES (OSV News) — A church in Pacific Palisades appeared to be destroyed and more than 60 Catholic schools were closed as several major fires in the Los Angeles area burned overnight into Jan.8 ...

Malibu and other Los Angeles neighborhoods and left at least two people dead also have devastated Catholic communities, especially Corpus Christi Church and school, said Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson ...

St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica was open until almost midnight Tuesday night, offering evacuees from the nearby Palisades Fire a place to freshen up, get snacks, and charge their devices, ...

Suleman, speaking during his recent sermon, stated that he would no longer attend the weddings of his members who choose to marry women from other churches. In a now viral video on social media ...