Precious condiment and essential to life, salt is a symbol that can signify just as much a curse as a means of protection, ...

Tamale, March 06, GNA – Christians from the Catholic faith in Tamale received ashes on Wednesday in the shape of a cross on their foreheads, signifying dust, grief, humility and repentance.

The vast network of Catholic schools likely constitutes the largest single system of education in the world today. This enormously influential educational system has some 55,000 schools, ranging from ...

Many Utahns — like these at the majestic Catholic Cathedral ... on their foreheads as an outward symbol of their penitence. Members of Utah’s predominant religion, The Church of Jesus Christ ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for his recovery, Catholic ... prison “is a symbol for every prison ...