"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.

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices – some are so rare, they’re done only once a year. Beginning Palm Sunday – March 28 ...

Maronite Catholic conference features Aramaic liturgy and first-class relics of the saints, including the crib of Jesus, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Early last month I attended my Uncle Joe’s funeral Mass at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—the same Morristown, N.J., Catholic church in which he had been baptized 89 years earlier.

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 ...