A Jesuit Cossack: A Memoir by Louis J. Gallagher, S.J., also recounts Fr. Gallagher's role as a diplomatic courier—for both the Soviet government and the Vatican—in bringing the remains of ...

Clergy in some churches will wear simpler vestments and there are often specific readings, liturgies and sermons given to describe the day, its significance and what led up to it, based on the ...

April 15, 2025: On February 12th the aircraft carrier Truman (CVN-75) received a small gash in its hull and damage to its right side aircraft elevator when it collided with a merchant ships while ...

In depicting the history of Ukrainians, Paliwoda employed a native sketching style. “They were Cossacks who became steelworkers,” said Andrew Fedynsky, director of the Ukrainian-American ...

Priests in white vestments renew their ordination promises during the Vatican's chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA In his homily, Pope Francis also ...

But there are possibly other motives at play. “If you think back to when he was elected pope and decided to forgo the traditional vestments and to live in Casa Santa Marta, he came in as a ...

Our murky, blood-soaked moment in time demands a new look at geopolitics -- specifically, what constitutes a strategically valuable position that in human terms is worth expending immense wealth ...

Bonar is a Mandurah-based artist who has exhibited widely in WA and has previously won the coveted Cossack Art Award. The piece blends aspects of Bonar’s Gija and Yamaji heritage with ...

You might think flexibility is something you're born with -- you either have it or you don't. While your flexibility level does have ties to genetics (we can't all be contortionists), you might be ...

This Sung Eucharist commemorates the Last Supper, where Jesus broke bread with his disciples, and washed their feet as a sign of humility. What is Maundy Thursday? Discover why we celebrate the ...

Made of precious metal, they are set aside for sacred use only. Priests and deacons wear beautiful vestments during the celebration of the Eucharist and most of us, out of respect for our Lord, ...