St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church combines faith and spirit of Mardi Gras for annual Jazz Mass

As many worshippers filled churches for Sunday service, one Long Beach church combined their faith with the spirit of Mardi ...
Sixth Tone

The Ups and Downs of Shanghai’s ‘Saint of Songs’

With a little luck, visitors to Shanghai’s Ciro’s Ballroom in the 1940s could catch two of Asia’s biggest stars on the same night: the young Chinese singer Yao Li and the Filipino bandleader Lobing ...
National Catholic Reporter

In Brazil, images go viral after priest interrupts Eucharist to comfort crying elderly man

A video showing a crying elderly man approaching the altar during Mass — prompting the priest to interrupt the consecration ...
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Tondo Church to become a minor basilica on May 11

MANILA, Philippines — The Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Santo Niño, where one of the images of the Child Jesus “Santo Niño” is located, will be officially declared as a minor basilica on May 11.