While ambiguities and difficulties in the relationship between Jews and Catholics persist, the Second Vatican Council’s ...

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

An example of a church built in the circular style is the St Oliver Plunkett Roman Catholic Church at Toomebridge – the altar is in the exact centre of the church and the worshippers sit round it.

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There are symbols that are used in every Catholic ... In the funeral rite the priest will wear purple vestments. In the Catholic Church, purple is a sign of repentance and forgiveness of sins ...

Designed by Simone Legno, the mascot with big blue eyes and blue hair, and rosary beads around her neck, represents a Catholic pilgrim ... an anchor at the base, a symbol of hope.