In Africa, where unemployment queues stretch longer than Sunday sermons, our leaders have chosen to solve the job crisis by building churches ...

Exodus 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may ...

Recently, the Winona Catholic parishes recognized the altar servers for their time and dedication for serving during the Holy ...

Children are taught about the humiliation China has faced in the past, such as the opium wars, Japanese invasion and discrimination in their own country. And why they need to work hard and be a strong ...

Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were ...

A large crowd of faithful gathered Sunday night for the solemn Consecration Mass of the new St Peter’s Church in Padungan, ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a historic two-day gathering that drew hundreds to her home village of Kwethluk for ...

Debra Liu traces Daoist ritual, ordination, and sacred mountain life from Brisbane to Beijing in Into the Mountains, published by Earnshaw Books.

were an essential part of “being Catholic” to them. Hispanic Catholics were significantly more likely than white Catholics to wear or carry religious items, practice devotion to Mary or a saint, pray ...

The painted altar The altar stands in the courtyard of what was once a wealthy, influential person’s home in Tikal. At just over 1 meter tall, spanning nearly 2 meters in length and 1.3 meters ...

It is the smell of burning candles and incense floating with the gentle breeze that greets you as you slowly climb the stone steps of the hillock leading to the ...

News Published: 05 January 1911 The Incense-Altar of Aphrodite at Paphos A. C. H. Nature 85, 323 (1911) Cite this article ...