It was among Irish American communities that the day became the celebration it is, from its roots as a more solemn day with a ...

The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. And nowhere is that more so than in ...

Ireland elevates St. Brigid alongside St. Patrick, reclaiming its forgotten female saint and marking a dramatic shift from ...

The legacy of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a lay order dedicated to education since the 17th century, is enshrined ...

As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to ...

Every year on 1 March, Wales celebrates St David's Day - but how much do we actually know about the country's patron saint? Events across Wales today will celebrate the greatest figure in the ...

This prayer of Ireland's patron saint has come down through the centuries and remains popular today and we think you'll agree it's more relevant than ever. St. Patrick's Breastplate is a ...

Her younger sister is St. Thérèse of Lisieux, her parents ... perhaps she and St. Veronica can share the title of 'Patron Saint(s) of Photographers.' But in the meantime, I suggest that she ...

Plans are underway in Ireland to mark the canonisation of a young gamer affectionately dubbed “the patron ... St Mary Major Parish in Assisi. Séamus said they had never before heard of a saint ...

It’s a far cry from the real St. Valentine, an early Christian martyr who was bludgeoned and beheaded for his faith. So how did a saint with such a gruesome death come to be associated with a ...

As couples across the world prepared for Valentine's Day in February 2025, a rumor cropped up on social media that St. Valentine is not only the patron saint of lovers, but also of beekeepers ...