The ringing of the brass altar bells was one of my favorite moments when I was an altar boy, and also in my experience of the Mass to this day. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Lafayette ...

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (WSBT) — History was made at the Vatican on Thursday. The College of Cardinals elected a new pope on day two of the conclave. Pope Leo XIV is the first ever American pope. Chicago ...

A new pope has been elected, and for the first time, he's from the United States.Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected Thursday after about 26 hours of the conclave.Vatican City burst ...

Catholic churches nationwide have been invited to join in the celebration of Notre Dame’s grand reopening. The iconic Paris cathedral has been closed since April 2019, when a fire broke out during ...

After more than 13 years of death, oppression, and destruction, the bells of Syrian churches are once again ringing with hope. It is a hope for the rebirth of Syria — a once-lost aspiration whose ...

The bells at St. Mary’s Cathedral had been ringing for more than 100 years. But in 2008, after the cathedral in downtown Colorado Springs underwent major renovations several years earlier, the bells ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It's a sound that Grand Rapid's Westside residents have heard for centuries. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church has been ringing their bells since 1924. Sacred Heart of ...

A bell made for the recent Paris Olympics will soon find a new home in one of the most historic cathedrals in the world, according to OSV News. During the Olympics, track and field athletes rang the ...

Catholic church bells across Austria will ring for 10 minutes at 5 pm (1500 GMT) on Monday to mark the death of Pope Francis, a spokesman for the Austrian Bishops' Conference said in Vienna. At the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Catholic community in Louisville honored first responders with the annual Blue Mass. Church bells signaled the call to Mass on Sunday, but it was also a call for the ...