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 ...

Pope Leo XIV urges a common Easter date for Catholics and Orthodox at a Vatican symposium marking 1,700 years since the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Bakrid (Eid al-Adha) 2025, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, will be celebrated on 7 June in India and 6 June in Saudi ...