COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Mathieu Lours, a religious architecture specialist, highlights that Notre Dame has always served three functions, including ...

His legacy is a body of work — both sacred and secular — unique in the 20th and early 21st centuries. It’s truly a gift to ...

The wreath is very simple in design and readily assembled ... when flowers are permitted on the altar, for this once during Advent. The spirit of penance during Advent is not the same as that ...

In making love, the husband and wife are saying to one another in "body language" what they said to each other at the altar ... the Church's teachings do for us anyway? Catholic teaching in ...

Vienna, the capital of Austria, is a city steeped in history, culture, and timeless beauty. From its impressive Baroque ...

Tents, especially Islamic tents were among the most prized gifts in diplomatic exchanges and the most sought-after spoils on ...

Gigante, therefore, believes that the real tent was adapted to serve as a ‘tetravela’, altar-curtains. “If the real tent was only erected in the church on certain occasions, the fresco could ...

The sex-abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans is again encroaching on the NFL's Saints as the team ...

As the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade gets closer, organizers have announced the winner for the annual Grand Colleen Float design contest!