EDITORIAL: Many Catholics feel the switch downplays the immense importance of the great feast of the Ascension.

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service The Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago recognized that Christian unity had to be based ...

Christian unity will not be “primarily the fruit of our own efforts, nor will it be realized through any preconceived model ...

Ahead of Ascension Day tomorrow, we’re looking back at the key date in the Christian calendar and how we’ve marked it over ...

Several concrete solutions have been proposed that, while respecting the principle of Nicaea, would allow Christians to ...

Sunday, known as the "birthday of the Church," commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, empowering them ...

Thursday, May 29th, marks Ascension Day, which means a day off work in Norway. Here's why the day is celebrated.

These two, with Sukkot, the “Feast of Booths,” were the three pilgrimage festivals of ancient Judaism. The Book of Exodus ...

Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

Pentecost is a movable feast because it is tied to the date of Easter, which is also a movable date. It is considered one of ...