Photograph by Martin Bache, Alamy Stock Photo ByTom Metcalfe April 18, 2025 Archaeologists excavating the ruins of the Maya city of Tikal have unearthed a 1,600-year-old altar likely used for ...

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served as an altar boy and attended school. “We’re truly blessed. Words can’t describe it,” Terri said of the home town hero’s rise. “It was really amazing to see he had dual ...

POPE LEO XIV played at being a priest as a child and used the family’s ironing board as an altar, his brother has revealed. Robert Prevost — as he was known before he became the first American ...

History-maker Robert Prevost is the first American Pope, and his incredible life has seen him climb from an altar boy to head of the Vatican. Known as Father Bob, Prevost was announced as Pope Leo ...

The Holy Father Pope Leo has just been exchanging the sign of peace with the principal celebrants at the altar. He then moves to doing the same with cardinals from the congregation. A rousing ...

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. — A district judge in Schuylkill County denied bail Wednesday for a man accused of lighting an explosive on a church altar in Mahanoy City, court records showed. Authorities ...

Clergy say that busy household schedules and Covid challenges are fuelling decline Being an altar server is now seen as ‘going against the grain’. Picture: Getty Fewer children are becoming ...

Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul's-San Pablo Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos Toapanta lay in a lounge chair set up by the altar, needles sticking out of his forehead, wrist and foot for an ...

She was in the Altar and Rosary Society, at one point its president. With a memorable voice, she sang in the church’s choirs. “She was one of the ladies that we called church ladies,” says ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablo Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos Toapanta lay in a lounge chair set up by the altar, needles sticking out of his forehead ...