St. Patrick's Day is the feast day for St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Irish citizens celebrate the day by attending church to honor the saint who brought Christianity to Ireland in the 5th ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter ... to be seen for 12 days to mark the 1,800th anniversary of the martyrdom of Peter and Paul.

February seems to have two feast days within a week of each other whose ... Today we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. A non-Catholic (and some Catholics) might ask: “What’s ...

Many generations ago, heavy drinking and partying was not the staple for celebrating St. Patrick's Day, according to historian Sean O'Connell in Pittsburgh.

This programme of music for the Feast of St Peter broadly follows the structure of the three major choral services of the Anglican tradition, all of which can in turn be traced back to the worship ...

This feast celebrates Peter’s leadership and the unity of the Church under the Pope. The “chair” in this feast is not just a ...

In the collect for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the church prays to God ... praying for the health of Pope Francis in recent days, as he has been hospitalized with pneumonia.

The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul is celebrated on 29 June, supposedly the day that both saints died, although years apart. Paul was a Jew whose main task was to hunt and persecute Christians.

Events culminating with the 25th anniversary of her canonization will celebrate a saint whose resting place is inside the ...