Vina >> Noisy like a farmers market, the crowd hushed and parted as the robed monks walked by, softly chanting. Thus began the 11th annual Blessing of the Grapes at the Abbey of New Clairvaux on ...

Across the globe, Catholic churches have emptied holy water fonts in an effort to stall the spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19 as it’s officially known. From India to the U.K., the U.S. and even to ...

DETROIT — A Roman Catholic priest in the Detroit area has taken aim at his parishioners in a bid to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, using a squirt gun to shoot holy water.

Parishioners in rural Louisiana received an airborne blessing this Christmas as 100 gallons of holy water rained down on the small community. On Dec. 22, the parish priest of St. Anne Church in Cow ...

He took with him holy water from the Jordan River, where Christ was baptized, to sprinkle over the city, and the Eucharist, to bless those sick or deceased from the new coronavirus, as well as the ...