For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Previously the feast day of St. Teresa of Calcutta, as the Vatican refers to the city in India where she began her work with the abandoned poor, was inscribed only in the proper calendar of the ...

As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new ministry, the Jubilee Year 2025 and its special events mean the pope has a full calendar ...

st. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Christians celebrated a saint with some special significance locally on Wednesday. Lent coincides with the feast day of St. Joseph on March 19.

(Gary Wayne Gilbert) July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Boston College's Jesuit Community, Intersections program, and Center for Ignatian ...

St. Joseph actually has two feast days: March 19th ... Pope Sixtus IV (1479) added his feast to the Roman calendar, and in 1870, Pope Pius IX declared St. Joseph the Patron of the Universal ...

St. Patrick's Day, observed on March 17, has transitioned from a feast day in Ireland to a widely celebrated holiday in the United States. The holiday commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of ...

However, it wasn’t until the 17th century that Pope Urban VIII officially placed St. Patrick’s Day on the Catholic Church calendar as a feast day. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...

St. Patrick’s Day is associated ... is included on the list of Saints. The feast day was only officially placed on the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar in the early 1600s with thanks ...

From its origins as a solemn feast day to its transformation into a global celebration of Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day is a meaningful occasion for many. St. Patrick's Day, observed annually ...