The crowd of people who will gather at Pope Francis' open-air Mass in Washington in September won't be able to experience the interior beauty of the Basilica of the National Shine of the Immaculate ...

Pope Francis will pray for immigrants in solitude Small altar constructed a few feet away from fence that divides Mexico, United States JUAREZ — Worn, tattered shoes will lay at the center of the ...

There is something brutal, modest and pure about St John Chrysostom Church in Peckham, says designer Max Lamb, who has created a new altar, sanctuary floor, altar candleholders and a Paschal ...

In designing an altar for Pope Francis’ visit this week to the United States, Litchfield native John Homer set out to create something that would have both “artistic and theological depth,” he said.

Consider the challenge of designing a Catholic Church’s retablo or apse, the semi-circular wall paneling where the crucified Christ and the altar are located. While it must convey God’s divine ...

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