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

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

The festival is held every year, right before the June 13 feast of the church's patron, St. Anthony of Padua. Padua was a ...

The Feast of the ... within the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was introduced into the Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century by Pope Gregory XI, then removed from the calendar by Pope Pius ...

She has in consequence been characterized as a villain in traditional historical accounts ... after Maria Theresa changed which Catholic feast days would be publicly celebrated in her domains ...

Social media users are claiming that Pope Francis has announced that the Catholic Church will celebrate a "Feast of Peace" or "Party of Peace" instead of Christmas this year. Some of the posts ...

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The vast majority of these are linked to the Catholic calendar ... days are celebrated slightly differently by the four nations. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland have bank holidays for the feast ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) or Aglipayan community of the St. Isidore The Farmer Parish in Barangay Napindan, Taguig City, is celebrating its feast day today ...

St. Irene of Rome was the widow of the martyr Saint Castulus, a Roman military officer who was killed for spreading the Christian faith in 286. She lived in the Roman Empire during the reign of ...

LOWELL — This past May 1 was a special day for St. Joseph the Worker Shrine on Lee Street. May 1 is the annual feast day for St. Joseph the Worker — the patron saint of the Shrine. This feast ...