The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World. The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ who was formed in the womb of His Mother. The wick ...

How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too. By Alice Newell-Hanson and Blaine Davis From a tiny French ...

The blessing of the candles during Candlemas, or Candelora, as we say in Italian (Image created with DALL-E 2) While firmly grounded in Christian tradition, the Candelora also bears connections to ...