VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will celebrate all the traditional ceremonies of Holy Week this year, but he will again depart from tradition on Holy Thursday by washing the feet of elderly and disabled ...
On the evening Dec. 2, the rite of “recognitio” (Latin for “verification”) took place in St. Peter’s Basilica. This is a traditional ceremony to verify and ascertain that the Holy Door, closed during ...
Paul Wilbur is a prominent Messianic Jewish singer and worship leader known for his praise and worship music. His career spans several decades, during which he has helped shape the landscape of ...
ROME - Pope Benedict XVI Thursday recounted the Biblical betrayal of Jesus by Judas, calling the apostle a double-crosser for whom "money was more important than communion with Jesus, more important ...
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Choir and its director, Michael Kleinschmidt, hope to raise money to travel to England in August by singing all 720 hymns in the Episcopal hymnbook. (Trinity Episcopal ...
On Sept. 18, students, faculty and staff filled the pews of Sacred Heart Chapel for the Mass of the Holy Spirit, a ...
Once the wall protecting the Holy Door was demolished, the workers removed a metal box that had been kept inside it since the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy on Nov. 20, 2016.The box contains the key ...