Ever see the tall, slender religious candles with images of saints painted on them inside your grocery store and wonder what they are for? Here is what you need to know about the religious candles ...

The Crown star, 35, reminisced about his short-lived role in church as he plays a Catholic priest in Netflix's Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Appearing on Late Night with Seth Myers, Josh ...

Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter’s Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel and ...

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The Kenyan government is considering raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 as part of a new national policy on drugs and alcohol. The Catholic bishops of Kenya introduced a proprietary brand of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — As part of a new national policy on drugs and alcohol, Kenyan government officials have been considering raising the drinking age to 21, from 18. But one new brand of imported South ...

The Diocese of Palayamkottai in India launched its first altar server training program, teaching 1,570 children across five parishes more about the sacred role. With the support of the Diocese of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — 'This is (the) only wine going forward that will be used in the celebration Mass in the whole of the country. Kindly, don’t buy the other one,' said Archbishop Maurice Muhatia ...

Wine for Mass in Kenya must now bear the “coat of arms” of the country’s bishops, the chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) announced Oct. 4. The Catholic faithful have welcomed ...

An irate hellraiser stormed the altar at a Long Island church during Sunday mass — toppling sacred, century-old relics and causing $10,000 worth of damages, authorities said. Aldo Hernandez, 26, burst ...