ZAPOPAN, Mexico — The “pachamama” or “mother earth” image which accompanied various activities during the 2019 Amazon Synod in Rome was recently used as a monstrance in a church in Mexico. Pictures ...

The monstrance used in the procession — created as an act of reparation for the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War — is the largest processional monstrance in the world. There are 159 sculptures ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The monstrance and luna are sacred vessels, like the chalice and paten, used ...

Imagine my surprise when a colleague brought a big black case into my office, asking, "Can you use this?" 'This' was a ...

McGuire told Catholic News Service that since that weekend, he had heard from nearly four dozen men who had been sexually abused, five of whom were priests. Mariana, 17, attends El Paso's Our Lady of ...

St. Charles Borromeo is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Joseph Cathedral in Manchester, N.H. In this scene, the saint brings the Eucharist to the sick. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of ...

JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) – It’s called a monstrance, and it’s an important part of the Sacrament of Communion at St. Johns the Evangelist Parish in Jackson. Now police are looking for the person or ...

Former Fair Grounds owner Louie Roussel III paid $62,000 for a 19th-century altarpiece associated with Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos and presented it to Archbishop Gregory Aymond on Friday. Aymond, ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. Authorities in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The second sacred item stolen from a Catholic church in SW Portland, a golden monstrance, has been recovered after nearly a month, the Portland Police Bureau reports. During the ...