COVINGTON, Ky. — The last ghoulish gargoyle has been returned to its perch as part of a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral with a facade modeled after Notre Dame in Paris. The rehab project at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption was sorely needed to repair deteriorated ...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square. With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entering its second month and Russia's ongoing ...
Over the past five years at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants. But while border crossings have drastically shrunk under President Donald ...
Easter meal served Altoona Restoration Church of God, 911 N. Third St., Altoona, will host an Easter meal at 12:30 p.m. Palm Sunday, March 29. The meal will include turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing balls, noodles, veggies, desserts and drinks. All are welcome. Diocese Holy Week schedule The Catholic Church will mark Holy Week — the most sacred week on the liturgical calendar — March 29-April 5. During Holy Week, the faithful are invited to walk with Jesus Christ through His passion, death, and resurrection. The following is the Holy Week schedule for ...
Juniata United Methodist Church will offer a free, outdoor Stations of the Cross experience beginning March 27 and running through Easter Sunday, April 5. The self-guided prayer journey is open to everyone in the community, regardless of church affiliation or faith background. Twelve stations installed around the church property guide visitors through the final hours of Jesus Christ's life, from his trial and crucifixion to his burial. At each station, participants can scan a QR code with their smartphone to access a brief audio reflection (3 to 5 minutes) that explains what happened ...
CANTERBURY, England (AP) — The new archbishop of Canterbury knocked three times on the doors of the city’s great cathedral on Wednesday, ceremonially demanding to be allowed inside in a tradition laid down over centuries by each new leader of the Church of England. But this time, for the first time ever, a woman came knocking. And the doors were opened. Sarah Mullally, a former cancer nurse who became a priest at the age of 40, walked into the cathedral to celebrate her historic election as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury since the post was created more than 1,400 years ...
