Bells have called Christians to worship since the fifth century when St. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, a city near Naples, Italy, used them to summon monks to Mass. By 1311, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, ...

She has said people can step outside their front doors and ring bells on their doorsteps. She also invites churches to ring their bells at noon. “How beautiful it would be if we could get all the ...

The Diocese of Allentown will commemorate Pope Francis on Friday by tolling the bells at all its churches. The diocese announced Wednesday that the bells will toll 88 consecutive times, once for each ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left ...