"The True Cross is a relic that goes back 2,000 years to the very cross of Christ himself," Hurley said. "For it to be stolen in this kind of very deliberate way is certainly both upsetting and ...

A massive replica of the centuries-old, icon-style Cross of the Stigmata was installed earlier this week inside the St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Newman Center near the University of Utah.

Officials are investigating after an ancient, religious artifact was stolen Thursday from St. Dominic's Catholic Church in San Francisco. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay ...

Scandals Place Catholic Church Between Ancient Traditions, Modern Faith Crisis Apr 29, 2010 12:00 AM EDT. ... The heaviest weight of that cross may be the impact of the crisis on the church's ...

The Most Rev. Donald Hying stood for more than an hour to greet parishioners waiting in line to shake his hand, kiss his ring or bend his ear. Each believer wanted their coveted time with Hying, wh… ...

Making the sign of the cross is something many Catholics do reflexively, without giving much thought to its roots in ancient Christian practice. If practiced prayerfully, argues Catholic apologist ...

NEW YORK — Each Good Friday for the past seven years, members of the lay Catholic movement Communion and Liberation have conducted a Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge.

It's not a very ancient practice in Iraq -- maybe 100 years or less -- but in Iraqi Catholic culture there's something significant about the Stations as a journey to the cross: Jesus is going ...