Catholics often make the Sign of the Cross. We make the familiar motion of our childhood or entry into the Church by repeating the words at the holy water font, before and after prayer, or passing by ...

In a press release published on Oct. 11, the council said the decision to enforce a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) was made following a public consultation. A PSPO is intended to stop ...

Making the sign of the cross is something many Catholics do reflexively, without giving much thought to its roots in ancient Christian practice. If practiced prayerfully, argues Catholic apologist ...

I own and have read dozens, possibly hundreds, of books on prayer. A whole bookcase, right next to my desk, is filled with them: Dom Gregory Dix’s The Shape of the Liturgy, Roberta Bondi’s To Pray and ...

It all started on Ash an Wednesday. As an authorized lay minister in my church, I was making the sign of the cross on foreheads using ashes while saying: “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall ...

A Madison church is working to ease COVID-19 stress one prayer at a time. First Independent Methodist Church in Madison put up cross with instructions telling those with prayers to write them down and ...

The Stations of the Cross, also called the "Way of the Cross," or "Via Crucis," refers to the devotional prayer practice that commemorates the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The ...

(The Conversation) — Churches around the world will be holding services for their three most important days during this Holy Week: Holy Thursday, sometimes called Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and ...

A council in England has made making the sign of the cross and prayer illegal in public areas around an abortion provider. The Council of Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole in southern England has ...