As part of the coronation, the king’s head, hands, and breast will be anointed with chrism oil, which in the Catholic Church is most commonly associated with baptism and confirmation. The Imperial ...

A chara, – Ronan McCrea ("Removing Catholic symbols and practices from State schools no easy task", Opinion & Analysis, October 21st) asks a good question. Is it possible to fully rid ourselves of ...

Balance to be used in the display of multi-denominational religious symbols as Catholic symbols to be phased out and Masses no longer compulsory. New Education and Training Board rules will see over ...

From the charity box, the car window stickers, and religious clocks, strange objects still remain, artifacts of Ireland's strong Catholic following in our midst. Ireland, in the last centuries, ...

A large swath of European art history may feel inaccessible to museum visitors because of its Catholic symbols. Perhaps the 2022 lull in museum attendance demonstrates that without blockbuster shows ...

In 1961, when John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the nation's first Catholic president, Boston Cardinal Richard Cushing began his invocation "in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost.

At first, many Vietnamese Catholics treated it as a small and slightly amusing internet incident. One person noticed that the hand of Jesus in a newly released bishop’s coat of arms appeared to have ...

State secondary schools are to phase out a range of Catholic influences such as mandatory graduation masses, the display of Catholic symbols only and visits from diocesan inspectors. The new rules ...

The building was designed in the shape of a Greek cross by a Roman Catholic landowner in the late Elizabethan era An Elizabethan lodge renowned for its Roman Catholic symbolism has reopened after ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A poster of a theater play to be presented by students of a Catholic university in Lima, which combines religious symbols with the figure of a man wearing female clothes, is ...