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The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is one of the most revered shrines in Orthodoxy. At home, you can pray in front of her ...

Like the surveillance state, the Christ Pantocrator icon asserts an omnipresent authority. But it also asserts divine mercy ...

Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate, Health and the Apostolic Blessing! The splendour of truth shines forth in all the works of the Creator and, in a special way, in man, created in the image and ...

The revivalist abolitionists of the 19th century represent a different strand of Christian theology than the “theology of the oppressors.” For them, slavery was not an institution to defend or an ...

Sacred art is not defined by appearances or even an artist’s intention. It is holy when it awakens us to God, ourselves and the space in between the two.

The World Evangelical Alliance turned its attention to what one speaker called “the defining public health crisis of our time ...

Archbishop Chaput delivered the following remarks during the annual Hillenbrand Lecture, sponsored by The Liturgical Institute at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. I’m very ...

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in ...

Detroit — A Catholic church historically known for its mural of a Black Jesus celebrated what officials said was its final Mass Sunday morning. St. Charles Lwanga, formerly known as St. Cecilia at ...

A scared image of Mary and a young Jesus has captured global attention after it mysteriously started producing streams of myrrh. Myrrh, one of the three gifts brought by the Wise Men, is a gum resin ...