Across the globe, Catholic churches have emptied holy water fonts in an effort to stall the spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19 as it’s officially known. From India to the U.K., the U.S. and even to ...

ODESSA, Texas — When people arrived at St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton Church for service this past Sunday it was the first time they had been greeted by holy water in nearly 5 months. COVID-19 has forced so ...

Catholic churches in Italy are installing automatic holy water dispensers to help reduce the risk of spreading swine flu. The outbreak of the H1N1 virus has led many churches to suspend the tradition ...

Many churches had suspended the tradition of keeping holy water in open fonts into which people dipped their hands following the outbreak of the H1N1 virus. But an Italian inventor has combined faith ...

Archbishop Martin Jumoad on Tuesday, Aug. 5, announces the temporary closure of St. John the Baptist Parish in Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, after the desecration of its holy water font. (Credit: DXDD ...

Thou shalt not infect thy neighbor with swine flu. With that commandment in mind, a clever Catholic invented an electronic holy water dispenser for Italians afraid to dip their hands in communal fonts ...