Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, the first pontiff, and are not a reference to ...

That simple but so important Sign of the Cross we see so often holds a hidden history that takes us back to the origins of ...

In the Catholic Standard ... No person, modern or ancient, would have conceived of the cross as the very form of the beautiful, which it has become for us Christians. We should be less eager ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina carried the cross on behalf of Pope ...

England had broken away from the Catholic Church, and new Church of England officials ... between us two good luck shall be”. Whatever ancient superstition the cross once warded off, today it’s the ...

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices ... Family Cathedral in Anchorage told the Catholic Anchor in an interview.

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...