After the Christmas season and before Lent, Orthodox priests have for centuries rushed to visit church-members homes to bless them with prayers and splashes of holy water flung about with a foot-long brush or handfuls of basil.
In a rite before the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Vatican officials placed unique symbols of his pontificate inside his cypress casket, along with a scroll in Latin describing his ascent to the Chair of St. Peter.
In a rite before the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Vatican officials placed unique symbols of his pontificate inside his cypress casket, along with a scroll in Latin describing his ascent to the Chair of St. Peter.
In the years before Roe v. Wade, one of America s largest Christian flocks struggled to find a way to condemn abortion while also opposing bans on abortion.
In the years before Roe v. Wade, one of America s largest Christian flocks struggled to find a way to condemn abortion while also opposing bans on abortion.