Ahead of Good Friday, a Chicago parish unveiled a statue of Jesus Christ commemorating that city's victims of gun violence.
Some 60 people gathered March 25 outside of St. Sabina Catholic Church for a first look at "Thou Shalt Not Kill," a life-sized
Even though early estimates said that 800,000 people attended, the final count said that 6 million people walked in the procession with the historic Black Nazarene statue of Christ in the Philippine capital Manila Jan. 9. It was the first procession with
A reader shares that the courtyard of his parish is lined with numerous beautiful life-size bronze statues of Christ, the Holy Mother, past popes and numerous saints. He asks: “Every week I notice various anonymous ‘offerings’ such as rosaries, flowers, etc., in
Aug. 15 marks the 300th anniversary of the coronation of the image of Our Lady of Koden in Poland. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz as papal legate imposed new crowns, blessed by Pope Francis, on the image.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said he is "disturbed but not surprised" that charges against vandals who toppled a saint's statue at a California parish have been downgraded.
In a May 25 announcement, Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli reduced charges of
As we continue on in our Lenten Journey, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, anticipates the Fifth Sunday of Lent for a very particular reason: “The Fifth Sunday of Lent means one thing to me: It’s time to veil the
A reader asks: “Please describe the difference between adoration of the Blessed Sacrament when it is in the tabernacle vs. when it is exposed in the monstrance.” Monsignor Charles Pope explains that “Human beings are sensory insofar as we have five senses
Days ahead of a major Marian feast day in the Catholic Church, a marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima near the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington was vandalized, with Mary's hands and nose cut off,
Question: A reader asks: “I have been in many Catholic churches around the world, and the statue of Mary was always on the left side of the altar, as you face it. But at my church in Florida, she is on the
Imagine a pilgrimage where the faithful gear up with scuba fins and oxygen tanks or snorkel sets rather than hiking boots, sun hats and trek poles. That's what happens in the crystal-clear waters of the Paradise Gulf along the Italian Riviera near