The blessing of the candles during Candlemas, or Candelora, as we say in Italian (Image created with DALL-E 2) While firmly grounded in Christian tradition, the Candelora also bears connections to ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, whom the public loves, had 100 of his friends at the NY Athletic Club. Drinks, a few words, chicken ...

Candlelight: Christmas may seem like a distant memory but for some churchgoers Candlemas marks the end of the traditional 40 ...

Photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool Father Frank Mann, a retired priest for the Diocese of Brooklyn, delivered the closing benediction at Presidential Donald Trump’s second ...

We come with joy to celebrate the birth of your Son, who rescued us from the darkness of sin by making the Cross a tree of life and light. May this tree, arrayed in splendor, remind us of the life ...

one week before Christmas Day, was not a “random” decision. “We trust that this pastoral approach to couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples, through blessing outside the ...

Pastor Lorenzo Sewell delivered a sermon filled with references to Martin Luther King Jr, gospel hymns, patriotic songs, and the Declaration of Independence at Donald Trump's inauguration (Saul Loeb - ...

as the 2024 Christmas Blessing Project achieved a "record-breaking milestone". Thanks to the unwavering support of the community, LCCC provided 364 low-income and homebound seniors with blessing ...

The ceremony concluded with a benediction from Father Francis Mann of the Brooklyn Diocese. An article published last week by The Tablet highlighted Mann’s “unlikely” friendship with Trump. The ...

JD Vance was sworn in as vice president.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson-Pool via Imagn Images) Usha Vance held the Holy Bible.(Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP) The inauguration's guest list included foreign ...