A Paschal candle that - due to the death of the Pope - has become a funeral candle beside the Holy Father. The candle was made in the sanctuary of Sant’Antonio in Polla, the convent of the saint ...

The Paschal Candle, which has its proper place either by the ambo or next to the altar, is lit at least in all the more solemn liturgical celebrations of the season until Pentecost Sunday.

It is from that one Paschal candle that the ministers distribute the fire to the faithful, each having received his own small candle. As the Paschal Candle makes its way to the altar, the ...

The Paschal candle was not a priority of Percy Dearmer. With no mention of it in the Book of Common Prayer, he saw it simply as an ornament to mark the season. The reform of the Roman Rite in the ...

The size of a Paschal candle can range from 3 to 4 inches in diameter and 48 to 61 inches high. The actual space Faulhaber has to paint is a mere 7 by 24 inches.

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:26:43 GMT — Have you ever wondered who makes the Paschal Candle that Pope Benedict uses in his masses? It turns out there is a Central New York connection to the Pope's ...

The Paschal Candle is then processed into the darkened church and the congregation lights their small hand-held candles, starting from the Paschal Candle and then from one another, lighting up the ...

WHILE some churches were able to provide sanctuary from the extreme temperatures last week (News, 22 July), others found that the heatwave had an undesirable effect on their paschal candles.On ...

THE flame of Scotty Biggs’ faith is clearly evident today. It burns in the three-foot tall Paschal candle he designed for the Easter-themed altar area of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Columbus.

Paschal candle Pope John Paul II prays before the paschal candle that symbolizes the Light of Christ during Easter Vigil inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Saturday, March 30, 2002.