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

+++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 School of Bell Ringers, performs playing all four bronze bells at the ...

A church bell cast nearly 400 years ago will fall silent for six months in its quatercentenary year as vital repair work ...

Catholic churches nationwide have been invited to join in the celebration of Notre Dame’s grand reopening. The iconic Paris cathedral has been closed since April 2019, when a fire broke out during ...

Clanging atop towers and steeples, church bells have been calling Long Islanders to worship and marking historical occasions since Colonial days. They toll for memorials and weddings, mark the hours ...

The bells at Christ Church Greenwich had stopped ringing long before the Rev. James Lemler became the priest-in-charge almost three years ago. But by June 4, the Episcopal church's tolling bell, which ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It's a sound that Grand Rapid's Westside residents have heard for centuries. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church has been ringing their bells since 1924. Sacred Heart of ...

Katelyn MacDonald. Photo by Chase Pellegrini de Paur. In a hot and dusty room, five stories above West Chapel Hill Street on Monday evening, Katelyn MacDonald stands in front of a massive wooden ...

EASTER AND IT’S WORKING PERFECTLY. THERE IS NO BETTER WAY FOR US TO CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS THAN TO CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION OF OUR CARILLON, PASTOR JAMES ARTER SAYS. THE CHURCH BUILDING ...

GENEVA – In towns and villages across Switzerland, the nightly chiming of church bells is an integral part of the culture — albeit a noisy one. Most Swiss are fond of this centuries-old tradition, ...

Before Minneapolis was a city of skyscrapers, steeples dominated its skyline. In the late 19th century, the most prominent steeple of all belonged to the Church of the Redeemer at 8th Street and 2nd ...