A Divine Liturgy brought together four jurisdictions of Eastern-rite Catholic communities, as well as the local Latin-rite Catholic community, at St. Gregory Catholic Church in St. Nazianz. The Feb.

Speaking of the holy sacraments, I want to say something about the sacrament of tonsure. Is monastic tonsure a sacrament? Of course it’s a sacrament! As the Church celebrates the sacrament of Marriage ...

A former millionaire, who left all his positions and lived as a hermit for 2 years, has accepted tonsure and become a monk at the Baochan Temple in Ma'anshan City of east China's Anhui Province on ...

PRIEST'S TONSURE. A member of a women's civic club suggests the restoration of the priest's tonsure to identify the priests as clerics. “Many of our priests today, especially the younger ones, can ...