At the Protestant Revolution, rood screens were demolished and altar rails became the boundary markers between the nave and the sanctuary. Catholic practice followed. That the altar rails also served ...

Pope Leo XIV will formally take up his role as leader of the global Catholic Church on Sunday, with a Mass in St. Peter's Square that will draw tens of thousands of well-wishers, including dozens of ...

The first American elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago before undertaking his ministry in Peru. Catholic Chicagoans ... and all their sons were altar boys, including ...