The pastor of a Catholic church in Syracuse, Nebraska, was shocked when he discovered Saturday morning that the altar had been tipped over, a statue desecrated, and several other objects damaged. St.

Section: Finger Lakes “Have altar, will travel,” Father George Bastedo IV recently quipped as he talked about a gift he ...

The Catholic Patheosi are writing about why we chose to stay in the doomed Catholic Church. I mean, it’s been in all the news lately that the Catholic Church is on the way out. We’re supposed to be ...

Summer is vacation season in most countries, and tourists visiting historic towns often make a point of exploring their local churches. As soon as they enter the church, their attention is naturally ...

On April 2, the National Catholic Reporter published an article titled, “A Latin Mass community moved in. Then wrecked a historic Vatican II altar.” The accompanying photo shows a forlorn ...

Bye-Altar.—An altar that is subordinate to the central or high altar. The term is generally applied to altars that are situated in the bay or bays of the nave, transepts, etc. Catholic Answers is ...