In an atmosphere of celebration, joy, and devotion, some 25,000 people, including 1,600 children in white robes and traditional costumes who received their first Communion, participated Sunday in the ...

Eleven years have passed since ISIS seized Mosul and the Nineveh towns and with every anniversary commemorated each year, the same question arises: How many Iraqi Christians remain? Despite tensions ...

While providing no specifics, the Vatican said the consistory is taking place "within the context of the life and mission of ...

A 17-YEAR-OLD who ran at a man with a kitchen knife in the grounds of a church while a First Holy Communion ceremony was ...

In 2020, Brian Flynn anonymously donated part of his liver to then-4-year-old Richie Ramirez, saving his life Amy Scheibe When Richie Ramirez was 2.5 years old, he was diagnosed with Alpha-1 ...

The Last Supper, depicted in the stained-glass windows of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, in Rome Credit: iStock/PaoloGaetano One Holy Saturday sometime in the 10th century, a married ...

TODAY host Craig Melvin celebrated a very special milestone for his 8-year-old daughter Sybil this weekend: her Communion day. Craig's wife, Emmy-winning broadcaster Lindsay Czarniak, shared some ...

Communion has been a theological battleground for centuries. For today’s working pastors, however, many of the issues surrounding Communion seem more practical than theological. No more so is that ...

First Lutheran Church will celebrate the season with its traditional Candlelight Christmas Eve services today. The early service is at 5:30 p.m. with special music beginning at 5:15 p.m. The late ...

BRAINERD — Traditional Christmas Eve services with communion and candlelight will be 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 418 Eighth Ave. NE, Brainerd. A Christmas Eve ...