Hospital Sisters Health System, a Catholic organization based in Springfield, Ill., is removing all wooden and metal crucifixes from its hospitals’ emergency departments and patient rooms.

In Catholic hospitals, meetings are still likely to start with a prayer. Crucifixes often adorn buildings and patient rooms. Mission statements on the walls of SSM facilities remind patients ...

You can purchase the book here. The date was September 14, 1224. For the Catholic Church, it was the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross — the cross of Jesus Christ, whose bleeding wounds ...

More than a quarter century ago, we attended Christian summer camp together. Now that she’s married to a Catholic, they’re considering Catholic school. It’s all new to her. I believe in ...

So far, Pope Leo XIV has not addressed ongoing debates about restrictions on use of the Tridentine Mass, often called the “traditional Latin Mass.” Bishops around the world have been pulled into these ...

Think: white dresses, braids, red accents, gold jewelry and crucifixes. There’s a virginal ... But the popularity of Catholic Mexican Girl style has also raised questions about the ways in ...

Ascension-St. Vincent’s Hospital and the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham will undertake a cooperative effort this fall to remove all Catholic statues, crucifixes and artifacts from Birmingham’s ...

A group of Catholic Church-run hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin have said they are doing away with crucifixes in a bid to prevent attacks on staff. Hospital Sisters Health System said wooden ...

The gilded crucifixes, the embroidered capes ... Or, apparently, to identify yourself as a Catholic cleric. It seems they’ve been wearing the tiny hats more consistently, for longer.

A group of Catholic Church-run hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin have said they are doing away with crucifixes in a bid to prevent attacks on staff. Hospital Sisters Health System said wooden and ...