A man who started bell-ringing "by chance" as a teenager, says he has been "hooked" for 80 years. John Bennett started ringing church bells in 1946, when he was 14 years old. Now 94, Bennett is tower ...

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 ...