Many Catholic parishes will give their parishioners a piece of chalk, a small bottle of holy water, and the words for the house blessing so that each family can bless their home. A chalk home blessing ...

Around the Christmas period, most families are preparing for the festivities by hanging decorations, planning dinner parties, and thinking about Christmas presents. However, for Orthodox Christians ...

Michael Baror, deputy ambassador at the Israeli embassy in Kenya (with watering can), plants a tree at the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology in Kisumu, Kenya. Photo by Ryan Torok With the ...