Hoping to fill the void for a book geared to younger children explaining the origin of the St. Joseph Altar tradition, Jesuit ...

The congregation at Holy Cross Catholic Church had a new view for the Feast of Saint Joseph Mass Wednesday evening after the ...

This week, across the New Orleans area, descendants of Sicilian immigrants will lay out elaborate altars laden with food and drink in honor of St. Joseph. The tradition, a deeply rooted old-world ...

A St. Joseph altar, decorated with symbolic foods, will be installed at the Israelite Divine Spiritual Church on Frenchmen ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

For centuries, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have been chosen at the Vatican ... each cardinal -- in order of seniority -- walks to an altar to ceremoniously place his folded ballot into ...

An example of a church built in the circular style is the St Oliver Plunkett Roman Catholic Church at Toomebridge – the altar is in the exact centre of the church and the worshippers sit round it.

Meanwhile, Pope Francis is the 266th pope to serve the Roman Catholic Church, and he assumed the papacy in 2013. He followed Pope Benedict XVI, who spearheaded the church from 2005 until he ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic church confirmed Tuesday that an altar boy was one of two minors killed outside a church on Mexico’s Gulf coast. The Catholic Multimedia Center said the ...