Many people know that St. Nicholas is the patron saint of children ... basilica is an important place of ecumenism, since the Catholic Church welcomes many Eastern Catholics and Orthodox ...

But what is St. Nick's Day, and how did it begin? Here's everything to know about the longstanding tradition. Saint Nicholas of Myra, or St. Nicholas, was a bishop during the Roman Empire who ...

Pope Leo XIV’s profound devotion to St. Nicholas of Tolentine not only reveals his Augustinian roots but also the soul of a ...

St. Nicholas is referred to as the Patron Saint of Children, according to the Catholic World Mission. He is also the patron saint of several countries — including Russia and Greece — and ...

Now she can tell passengers her crucifix was blessed by a saint. Cunningham opted to not work over the weekend so she could be at St. Nicholas Catholic Church on Sunday morning to see the first ...

In the crypt where St. Nicholas is purportedly buried, there is an altar for the celebration of Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgies, making it an important ecumenical site. In 1953 ...

according to the National Catholic Register. The belief that St. Nicholas was buried at the church site in Turkey is one of many competing claims of the whereabouts of the saint’s remains ...

Mary Theresa Petrich recalled walking from Hatfield Street in Lawrenceville over the 40th Street Bridge and up the hill to St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Croatian Church in Millvale to attend Sunday Mass ...

Still, it is popular in American cities with large German or Dutch populations, such as Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Cleveland. Saint Nicholas of Myra, or St. Nicholas ...