Church bells are synonymous with Christmas, but could the sound of them ringing soon be consigned to history? This is the concern outlined in a report by the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers ...

A school set up to revive the manual ringing of church bells has graduated its first class of 18 students after learning their ringing skills. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) ASSOCIATED PRESS.

For most, church bells are just a quaint bit of automated background noise. But Pallàs and his 18 students at the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers are trying to change that by resuscitating ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Christmas is a holiday steeped in traditions, and one of the most uplifting for many people is the sound of church bells ringing, spreading the joy of the season.

Starting at 2 p.m. E.S.T. on New Year’s Day, folks who keep or maintain handbells, collectible bells, church bells, historic bells—OK, just about any bell—are invited to let them ring for 20 ...

For most, church bells are just a quaint bit of automated background noise. But Pallàs and his 18 students at the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers are trying to change that by resuscitating ...

After being silenced for more than 10 years, the bells in the tower of St. Francis Catholic Church, a small rural parish in Thermopolis, Wyoming, began ringing again for this past Christmas Eve ...

IDEAS My new hobby is ringing huge church bells. It’s enchanting — and humbling. At some point I got tired of only doing things I’m good at.

For most, church bells are just a quaint bit of automated background noise. But Pallàs and his 18 students at the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers are trying to change that by resuscitating ...

Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong! Clang-clong ...