It should be noted that to the present day, the Church has always celebrated the beginning of the New Year on September 1 ... grant Your Christian people victories. Blessing our comings and goings ...

His encyclical also established September 1—the beginning of the new Church year—as “a day of prayer for the protection of the environment” for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, something adopted soon ...

Loving Father, Who showed forth great solicitude for your servant, St. Isidore the Farmer, graciously provide us the fruits ...

Father Witold Adamczyk, OFM Conventual, pastor of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Rock Island, will lead a blessing ... year history of this great parish and its people with the ...

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Many proudly adhered fallen Chicago police Officer Enrique Martinez’s face to their chests. “In loving memory,” read the ...

This year s International Day of Prayer for the persecuted Church comes as worldwide tensions have turned up pressure on ...

Peering into the new refrigerator/freezer in the United Presbyterian Church food bank recently, Cathy Zimmerman could hardly contain her excitement. “This is a blessing,” declared Zimmerman, a food ...

Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos Visit the Vatican — and Meet the Pope: 'Incredible Blessing' Jim Gaffigan ... But Not Priesthood Pope Francis Will Miss New Year's Ceremonies Due to 'Painful ...

This is a policy change like never before for the Vatican, as the head of the Catholic church has always been vehemently against same sex marriage. “Ultimately, a blessing offers people a means ...

Hundreds of animal lovers and hunters converged on the Belgian town of Saint-Hubert on Sunday (November 3) to attend a yearly animal blessing ceremony organized by the Catholic church in the Ardennes ...

St. Anthony of Padua held vespers, or evening prayer, Wednesday on the eve of Henning's installation as Boston's new ...