A Catholic perspective on ghost stories reveals why some apparitions may be souls in Purgatory — and why the Church urges us ...

We were in luck, the porter said: It was a feast day ... objects the saint used during life: “second class” relics, such as the gloves worn by the Italian mystic Padre Pio.

We were in luck, the porter said: It was a feast day. The relics of ... There are also objects the saint used during life: “second class” relics, such as the gloves worn by the Italian mystic Padre ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an optional memorial. The decree issued Feb. 11 by the Vatican noted the ...

Devotees celebrated across the country on the eve of the Feast of Sto. Niño today (Sunday). Dances in colorful costumes pounded the streets of Pandacan ...

The leader of the nation's Catholic bishops has commended Pope Francis' move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith. On Feb. 11, ...

Oral and folk tradition recounts that St. Brigid, whose feast day is celebrated in Ireland on Feb. 1, made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way ...

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Florists and Cathedral Flower Guild volunteers ready Saint Cecilia Cathedral for the Saint Cecilia Flower Festival taking place this weekend in Omaha. From left, Kelly Harris and Kari Bro look at ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of ...

The Feast of Brigid, also known as Imbolc ... One folk tradition that continues in some homes on St. Brigid's Day (or Imbolc) is that of the Brigid's Bed. The girls and young unmarried women ...