For almost 100 years, the three weathered bronze bells named Mary, Joseph and Benedict have pealed from their perch high in the westernmost of the twin russet-brick towers of St. Mary's Church in ...

Church bells have sounded since the fifth century when Italian bishop Paulinus of Nola, a Roman consul and Christian convert introduced the custom, but were generally hand bells. By the Middle Ages, ...

RICHARDTON - Assumption Abbey has a basement workroom that looks like the hub of all gnomish inspiration. In the dimness, two crosses - 8-foot cast iron fleur-de-lis - glow with new gold leafing. On a ...

I once tried to crack a joke with a church lady that if the Old St. Mary's Cathedral wanted to attract more potential Catholics, then maybe it could reference the classic 1945 Bing Crosby and Ingrid ...

The bells at St. Mary’s Cathedral had been ringing for more than 100 years. But in 2008, after the cathedral in downtown Colorado Springs underwent major renovations several years earlier, the bells ...