While altar servers eventually took up the custom of ringing hand-held bells at the altar, the tradition of ringing the tower ...

Hundreds flocked to Notre Dame’s first Sunday Mass since a fire ravaged the beloved landmark five years ago to mark the cathedral’s rebirth and witness the consecration of its altar.

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin arrives prior to a Mass for the consecration of the church at the site of Jesus’ ...

Pope Francis appoints the Vatican Secretary of State as Pontifical Legate for the consecration of a new church on the eastern ...