In Italian art, a white flag with a red cross symbolises the resurrection of Christ and his victory over death. In art, ...

The transfiguration prepares us for the passion, death and resurrection of the Lord. St. Luke’s telling of the event draws us into the mystery of divine love, a love that embraces human suffering and ...

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent. Here's why some people wear ashes on their foreheads ...

Lent is the 40-day period of repentance and renewal preceding Easter. It is a special spiritual season for meditation, prayer ...

Founded by the late funeral director Robert Waltrip in 1992, The National Museum of Funeral History houses the history of the ...

Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop ...

At the start of Lent, Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila announced the theme of the daily prayer, which is directed to the ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...

Born in Christopol in 1931, Gubaidulina’s intensely spiritual music marked her out as the most important Russian composer of ...

Better known among local residents as the Church of Saint Paraskeva, the church hides a rare depiction of the White Angel—a ...

Thomas Aquinas identifies three key attributes that define beauty ( Summa Theologica, I, Q. 39, A. 8): 1. Integrity (a statue ...

The exhibit “Via Crucis” continues through April 5 at the Weaver Gallery in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel/Fine Arts Center at ...