The Burbank Human Relations Council continues to highlight the importance of Holocaust education through the Days of ...

STANTHORPE parishioners and visitors had the opportunity to find the light of Christ in darkness this year. Parish ...

Catholic Church officials and volunteers in Malaysia 's Kuala Lumpur archdiocese have expressed hope that their efforts to ...

While celebrating the Christmas season with good food and boisterous company, you might find it interesting to note that if you had lived in colonial times and were found enjoying yourself at ...

It was lunchtime when I turned on EWTN, and the ceremony was just beginning in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Lahore: August 11, 2016. (PCP) A Candle Vigil was held for martyrs of Quetta Bomb blast by Jesus Christ Ministry in China scheme Lahore where prayers were also offered for prosperity and sovereignty ...

(Courtesy/Dennis Rees)Staten Island Advance After reciting a number of prayers and blessings, Rev. Martine proceeded to light the Christ Candle, which is taken into the church and passed to every ...

The Mass included the blessing of the new fire, the lighting of the Paschal Candle, and the singing of the Exsultet, a hymn recalling the story of salvation from creation to Christ’s resurrection.

Opening of lights. During the Easter Vigil masses, the church lights the paschal candle, symbolizing Christ's resurrection, following a six-day commemoration of Holy Week. The mass starts with the ...

a candle is lit from the The candle's physical light is a symbol of what Christ means to the Christian person, the cardinal said. Just as physical light makes objects visible, in the light of Christ, ...

The Mass included the blessing of the new fire, the lighting of the Paschal Candle, and the singing of the Exsultet, a hymn recalling the story of salvation from creation to Christ’s resurrection.

As the church darkens, it symbolizes the desertion of Christ by His disciples and the moment of His death. Fifteen candles are arranged in the shape of a triangle, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.