The ringing of the brass altar bells was one of my favorite moments when I was an altar boy, and also in my experience of the Mass to this day. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Lafayette ...

The Most Rev. Robert McClory, Bishop of the Diocese of Gary, performed the rite of consecration for the altar in the St. Joseph Chapel during a special Mass at the new Franciscan Health Crown Point ...

The Nov. 18 feast of the dedication of the Roman basilicas of St. Peter in the Vatican and St. Paul Outside the Walls is a fitting occasion to think about holy places, their dedication — and this year ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...

Hundreds of people gathered in the storied landmark Sunday for a Mass marking the consecration of the cathedral’s altar. Notes boomed from the meticulously cleaned grand organ, the choir’s voices ...

In the late 1970s, the Episcopal Ad Project began releasing spots taking shots at television preachers and other trends in American evangelicalism. One image showed a television serving as an altar, ...

PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral, its air thick with the smell of incense, hosted its first Mass on Sunday since the catastrophic fire of 2019, a moment that transcended religious significance to ...

Notes boomed from the meticulously cleaned grand organ, the choir’s voices echoed off of walls scrubbed clean of scorch marks, and light shone through restored stained glass windows. Hundreds flocked ...