Today we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. A non-Catholic (and some Catholics) might ask: “What’s so special about Peter’s Chair? Are we next going to have “St. Paul’s bed?” ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more than 1,600 years. The feast honors not just a physical chair but what it ...

February 22, marks the feast of the Chair of St Peter, honouring the authority of the first pope, and the unbroken line of his successors. Pope Francis is the 266th. In honouring St Peter’s ...

Find today’s readings here. In the collect for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the church prays to God “that no tempests may disturb us, for you have set us fast on the rock of the ...