The use of blessed oil has long been an established practice in the Eastern Christian tradition and continues to this day.

On July 22, the historic St. Maroun Monastery in Annaya, Lebanon, became a gathering place for Catholics as hundreds of pilgrims — Lebanese and expatriates — flocked to the monastery, filling the ...

On July 24, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Maronite Catholic priest, monk, and hermit who is known for working miracles both during his life and after his death. On ...

DOVER — Dover area Catholics got a chance to honor the relics of Saint Charbel Makhlouf on Sunday as the church hosted the relics' Maronite Church tour across the nation. Father Anthony Saab of St.

Pope Leo XIV was greeted by thousands of people in Lebanon during visits to Christian sites on Monday. The head of the Catholic Church first visited the tomb of the country's national saint, Charbel ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed on Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims opening his first full day in Lebanon with a message of peace and religious coexistence. As bells ...

Thousands of Maronite Catholics shut down the streets of the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl to welcome relics of Lebanon's most well-known saint to their new permanent home in Australia. Queues of ...

Parishioners of Our Lady of Purgatory Maronite Catholic Church (OLOP) in New Bedford welcomed Christians from around the region on April 24 and 25 to pray and reflect in the presence of the Relics of ...

DOVER — Saint George Maronite Catholic Church in Dover, extends an invitation to all to join in honoring the relics of St. Charbel Makhlouf on Sunday, May 1. The relics of St. Charbel have spent the ...

Dafne Gutierrez, of Phoenix, Arizona, will never forget the traumatic experience of gradually losing her vision. The 37-year-old mother of five was declared legally blind in 2014 after two years of ...

TAMPA — Charbel Khashram will turn 2 next month. His parents call that a miracle. Doctors told them their child wouldn't live past two weeks after he and twin brother Issa were born 11 weeks ...