Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...

The Most Rev. Robert McClory, Bishop of the Diocese of Gary, performed the rite of consecration for the altar in the St. Joseph Chapel during a special Mass at the new Franciscan Health Crown Point ...

Notes boomed from the meticulously cleaned grand organ, the choir’s voices echoed off of walls scrubbed clean of scorch marks, and light shone through restored stained glass windows. Hundreds flocked ...

The Nov. 18 feast of the dedication of the Roman basilicas of St. Peter in the Vatican and St. Paul Outside the Walls is a fitting occasion to think about holy places, their dedication — and this year ...

PARIS -- Notre Dame Cathedral, its air thick with the smell of incense, hosted its first Mass on Sunday since the catastrophic fire of 2019, a moment that transcended religious significance to become ...

The altar of a church in Upper Bavaria has been re-consecrated after a couple had sex on it. The altar in the Catholic church in Schechen in the district of Rosenheim had been cleared for the Catholic ...