What does a company do when an employee goes out and embarrasses it in public? Even if it is a minor misdemeanor, as long as it was committed while wearing his employee tag, retribution is sure to ...

Catholic bishops urge unity and respect for democracy in Venezuela, where political turmoil, economic collapse, and ...

Epiphany has come and gone. But this year, it struck me for the first time that the feast we celebrate is actually composed ...

Homily for Sunday in the Octave of the Assumption). At the foot of the Cross, the prophecy of Simeon is fulfilled: her mother’s heart is pierced through (cf. Lk 2:35) by the torture inflicted on ...

In North Macedonia, believers celebrate Epiphany by throwing the Holy Cross into the the water, commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia ...

Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, officials said, despite concerns about the toxic pollution. Orthodox Christians ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the events of the ...

Bishop Dennis Sullivan celebrates a Mass for the Protection of All Human Life on Jan. 24 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Camden.

It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary, before which a lamp was ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through ...

Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) ...