As Advent approaches, families bring out their boxes of Christmas decorations and set out the Advent wreath. But consider a ...

St. Lucy, whose feast day is Dec. 13, is said to have brought food to Christians hiding in the Roman catacombs.

On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively new ...

The Vatican decreed that priests can celebrate as many as four Masses on several important feast days, including Christmas, to accommodate the participation of the faithful. In a decree published in ...

As an increasingly secularized and materialistic society encourages people to eschew suffering, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows provides a unique opportunity to reflect on the redemptive and salvific ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis observed the feast of St. Agnes on Thursday with the time-honored custom of the blessing of lambs (video here), whose wool will be used to make palliums, a vestment worn by ...

Our Lady Guadalupe came with a message of hope. She came to present Jesus Christ to this continent,” said Juan Moreno with ...

ENDICOTT (WBNG) -- After a two-year hiatus St. Anthony of Padua will once again hold its Feast Days. This event is a celebration to honor the Patron St. Anthony. Father Ken Kirkman said Anthony was a ...

A native of Vermont and now a resident of St. Augustine, Florida, Colleen Rooney, author of Celebrating Advent and Christmas with Children, is a descendant of Irish immigrants and New England Yankees.

Thanks for joining our Sunday Bible study. Being a Jewish believer in Jesus since age 20, I relish how the New Testament fulfills the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). The Jewish Feast Days, including the ...