The high altar, more than 100 years old, still stood, relatively unharmed from the heavy fire. The same result was visible for a large crucifix near the sanctuary and the stained glass windows ...

Roewekamp said the cross was some 15 centimeters long (about six inches) and was embedded in a basalt rock altar at an outdoor prayer place on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.

Watsonville Police said surveillance footage shows 23-year-old Jackeline Chavira walking into St. Patrick’s Church Wednesday, heading to the altar and pushing over the crucifix after checking to ...

Under a compromise recommended by a committee of students, alumni and faculty, the 18-inch cross will be placed in a glass case in a "prominent, readily visible" location in the chapel, according ...

Pope Francis said Wednesday that having Mass centered around the altar in commemoration of Jesus’ sacrifice is meant to remind faithful that the cross is the first Christian altar on which ...

Smoke rises in front of the altar cross at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, after a fire engulfed the building. The image captures the cross and altar that survived the blaze.

The cross had been embedded in an outdoor altar made of volcanic basalt rock that was used for Catholic Masses offered along the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Monday, July 07, 2025.

The cross has now been reinstated on the altar at All Saints’ Church. Elmore Crump, who had served at the Church for 30 years, said: “I went to put the dog out at 6am and there it was.

Vatican City, Feb 28, 2018 / 04:41 am. Pope Francis said Wednesday that having Mass centered around the altar is meant to remind faithful that the cross is the first Christian altar on which ...