In a little room near the top of a tower, people stand in a circle. Each holds a rope wrapped with a few feet of soft carpet as a handle, and when someone shouts, everyone pulls. At first you hear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. +++ON HOLD++++ Sitting in a chair with ropes looped around both feet and hands, Joan Carles Osuna, a student of the Vall d'en Bas ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...

Sitting in a chair with ropes looped around both feet and hands, Joan Carles Osuna, a student of the Vall d’en Bas School of Bell Ringers, performs playing all four bronze bells at the church bell ...

The ringing of the brass altar bells was one of my favorite moments when I was an altar boy, and also in my experience of the Mass to this day. At Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Lafayette ...

For centuries, the sound of church bells has called the faithful to prayer, not just before Mass but during its holiest moments. Beginning in the late 12th century, many churches rang their tower ...

Bells reverberated across the Financial District on Saturday afternoon, producing thunderous clangs and glissandos. Bands had traveled as far as hundreds of miles to climb into the landmark Trinity ...

Writing a column about bell-ringing is, in a way, a hopeless endeavor. The experience is like taking a photocopy of a photocopy — the product takes you further from the art at hand, the lived ...

Ahead of King Charles’s coronation on May 6 2023, there have been reports of a national shortage of bellringers. The UK counts 38,000 churches. The hope is that each will “ring for the king”, as the ...