ROME – Calling the Blessed Virgin Mary the “first tabernacle that gave a home to Jesus,” Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated a June 27 Mass for more than 100 pilgrims inside the ornately decorated Borghese Chapel of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.Read More
Mason work that has stood since the 19th century is enhanced by orange walls and a light blue vaulted ceiling that are set off by double crown molding.Read More
Sweat trickled down the teens’ paint droplet-covered faces, and dirt was embedded in their fingernails. Their hair was tussled, and they were tired after days of hard work in the blistering sun.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Wearing ornate liturgical vestments symbolizes the spiritual transformation of the person wearing the clothes, not his love of fashion, the Vatican newspaper said.Read More
TAIYUAN, China – Chinese Catholics expressed mixed feelings about a priest carrying the Olympic torch along its relay route in the Shanxi provincial capital.Read More
Mason work that has stood since the 19th century is enhanced by orange walls and a light blue vaulted ceiling that are set off by double crown molding.Read More
Sweat trickled down the teens’ paint droplet-covered faces, and dirt was embedded in their fingernails. Their hair was tussled, and they were tired after days of hard work in the blistering sun.Read More
Most living rooms hold the typical décor: couch, reclining chair, television, table and credenza. Father E. Gerard Huesman’s modest apartment in Timonium contains all that, plus one additional fixture – an altar.Read More
WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush told a room full of leaders of religious social organizations June 26 that his faith-based and community initiative has been one of the most significant programs to come out of his administration and urged them to continue saving the lives of those in need in the U.S. and abroad.Read More
WASHINGTON – Facebook and MySpace, the two most popular social networking sites on the Web, have practically become household names, but a Catholic Delaware man who has started a networking site for Catholic parishes hopes he can get some recognition of his own.Read More