A century ago, a Boy Scout planted a tree, and today, we’ll gather under its branches. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll decide to ...

COMMENTARY: From smuggled aid to candlelit prayers, Ukraine’s faithful are holding the line against both bombs and despair.

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

Organizations in Oregon are helping educate immigrants with Defensa del Barrio workshops and more traditional ...

Father Juan Manjarrez, pastor of St. Edward Church, dedicates months to painting his parish's Paschal candle by hand, creating a unique and personal art.

After the death of the pope, the director of the Vatican’s health services — currently Dr. Andrea Arcangeli — examines the ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Putin and Sobyanin stood in Moscow's main church, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, while Kirill led a procession, video of the service showed. Sign up here. Holding a lit thin red candle and ...

Congregants can follow the prayers on large plasma TVs that hang from church columns decorated with the green, yellow and red colors of ... Some worshippers lit candles and asked for heavenly ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Pope Francis himself helped rewrite the funeral rituals after the death of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI.