The special event is expected to attract about 25 million visitors to participate in Rome's religious celebrations.

Planning a trip to Italy this year? You’re likely going to have to consider your plans a bit more than in previous years, as this one’s special: it’s the Jubilee Year, a Roman Catholic religious event ...

San Rafael, the Spanish version of St. Raphael, is one of the area’s parishes named after the three archangels, which led to ...

Central to the celebration were pilgrimages to Roman basilicas ... an indulgence is distinct from forgiveness. The Catholic tradition teaches that people who sincerely repent of their sins ...

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th and is thought to be connected to the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia.

To many of us, Valentine’s Day brings up memories of Valentine cards in school, fun times and often gifts of flowers. For ...

Vienna, Austria Vienna, the enchanting Austrian capital, transforms into a Christmas wonderland that is a feast for both eyes ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England ... HANDBOOK OF CATHOLIC SACRAMENTALS: The two turtle doves were the ...

Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this ...