A deacon reads the Gospel at a Mass at Zrenjanin Cathedral in Serbia ... Neither “half-priests” nor “luxury altar servers” The pope’s few statements on deacons have sometimes come ...

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“In 1926, it was surmised that the box was transferred from the high altar to the column during the extension of the cathedral’s east end in the late 12th century. “The altar would have ...

The Observatory for Religious Freedom and Conscience (OLRC, by its Spanish acronym) is calling on Spain’s Ministry of the Interior to ... and an image of a Spanish cathedral can be seen.

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A white wall-sized sculpture containing religious imagery like cherubs, angels and a gold sun-like centerpiece. Apostles or other wise men sit atop the structure. Sign up for new weekly newsletter ...

This may be why the ministry is poorly understood by many, who view them as either incomplete priests or tall altar boys ... from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in the Diocese of ...