More than 200 state-run secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland will begin to phase out historical Catholic symbols and mandatory Masses, Irish sources have reported. The new regulations apply to ...

A Roman Catholic organization is condemning the Department of Justice (DOJ) for what it claims is a lackluster approach to investigating an ongoing trend of violence against Catholic symbols after a ...

Balance to be used in the display of multi-denominational religious symbols as Catholic symbols to be phased out and Masses no longer compulsory. New Education and Training Board rules will see over ...

(RNS) — 'Did they single out the Catholic Church, or is it simply that our symbols of religion are so visible that they make an easy target?' said Aaron M. Weldon, of the USCCB's Office of Religious ...

Vandals decapitated a statue of the Virgin Mary outside of a Catholic church in Toronto on Sunday. The staff of Our Lady of Lebanon church in Toronto, Canada, discovered the beheaded statue. The ...

A chara, – Ronan McCrea ("Removing Catholic symbols and practices from State schools no easy task", Opinion & Analysis, October 21st) asks a good question. Is it possible to fully rid ourselves of ...

State secondary schools are to phase out a range of Catholic influences such as mandatory graduation masses, the display of Catholic symbols only and visits from diocesan inspectors. The new rules ...

The symbols we employ during the sacred triduum have reminded us of their power in recent days. The water of baptism is the foremost symbol of the paschal mystery. Water cleans the body and, in ...

The Catholic Church won’t win respect by abetting the mockery of its symbols. A stark reminder of who has the power in our culture and who does not wafted up the stairs at the Metropolitan Museum of ...

While the Toronto Catholic School District Board has voted to proclaim June as Pride Month and fly the rainbow LGBT Pride flag outside all its schools, the Catholic archdiocese has emphasized the ...

“Along with the cross, the symbol of the Sacred Heart is the Catholic Christian sign of that love,” said Cardinal Collins, who released a 21-page pastoral letter on the Sacred Heart April 28. Catholic ...