Like the first Christians bereft ... of a Gospel account of the Passion, Holy Communion (consecrated at Mass on Thursday night) and veneration of the Cross. In that tradition, a priest or deacon ...

15 1220 If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is a symbol of death and so can represent the mystery of the cross. By this symbolism Baptism signifies communion ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy ...

A man who handled stolen construction tools at a Dublin market begged a judge not to jail him so he could attend his child’s first holy communion. Patrick Maughan (37) was reckless as to whether ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday asked for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing ...

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Leo noted that on the feast day, “in the churches and shrines in China and throughout the world, prayers have been raised to God as a sign of the solicitude and affection for Chinese Catholics and ...

The pupils in Presentation Primary School in Waterford received their First Holy Communion recently and Waterford News & Star photographer, Joe Evans was there to capture images of those in attendance ...

Jammu: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday reached J&K’s Poonch district to meet the victims of the cross-border ... He is the first national leader ...

If Holy Cross wins, it will be the Indians first post-season region championship in softball. If Highlands wins, the Bluebirds will become the first team to take the title four consecutive years ...

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a symbol is “something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of ...