PRICE HILL – The Rev. Andrew Umberg wasn’t going to let his inability to sew stop him from creating beautiful altar pieces for his parish. Over the past several years, Umberg, who is the pastor at St.

ORELAND >> Holy Martyrs Church is the new home for the altar on which Pope Francis celebrated mass during his visit to Philadelphia in September. “I realized yesterday, when I was celebrating mass on ...

In Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, archaeologists have discovered a centuries-old relic. It is believed to be an altar used by priests during the Middle Ages. The stone slab was forgotten, ...

Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages. But the ...