Valentine’s Day is a holiday for people worldwide to share their love and affection. But did you ever wonder how the holiday ...

A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan ...

The event at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church will feature Greek music, dancing, food and self-guided tours of the church ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the ...

The name loosely translates into Lover's Day or Couple's Day, and it celebrated on June 12, which is the eve of the Feast of St. Anthony, the patron saint of marriage. Dia dos Namorados is also ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

Today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is one Catholic theologian, alongside St. Augustine of Hippo, who has continued to fascinate me. My admiration for them has grown so deep that I ...

My handy dandy Old Farmers Almanac calendar reminds me that this Sunday is Candlemas, also known in meteorological mythology ...