The campaign, which begins on Feb. 8, the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, is designated for prayer and awareness of human ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so ...

The feast of the Chair has ancient origins. Some of the earliest complete Christian calendars date to the sixth century, and ...

St. Teresa of Kolkata is seen in this undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy MotherTeresaMovie.com) ...

On Feb. 11, the Vatican's Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments published a decree announcing ...

Memorials rank third in the classification of feast days on the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar. The memorial of St. Teresa of Calcutta will be an optional memorial, which means it is ...

Pope Francis greets members of the Missionaries of Charity at the Vatican Feb. 12, 2025, one day after it was announced that the pope had added the Sept. 5 feast of their founder, St. Teresa of ...

He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years before. But that theory emerged in an 1807 book without any evidence to support the connection ...

Pope Gelasius, I ended Rome's Lupercalia Day in the 5th Century. Meanwhile, Christians began to hold a feast on Feb. 14 to celebrate Saint Valentine and the sanctity of marriage. Saint Valentine's ...

which denotes the dates of holy days and the feast days of saints commemorated annually. The Sept. 5 memorial of St. Teresa of Calcutta will now appear in the Church’s calendars and liturgical ...