Celebrated in the church of Santa Sofia, a UNESCO heritage site, the mass in honor of Saint Matthew, proclaimed patron of the Guardia di Finanza in 1934 by Pope Pius XI. The religious service was ...

The Archdiocese of Chicago’s annual pet blessings begin Friday. October 4 is the “Feast Day of St. Francis,” the patron saint ...

A Goffstown church is holding a public Blessing of the Animals ceremony on Friday, the feast day of Saint Francis, who was the patron saint of animals. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church invites people to ...

On September 9, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey announced that the new Patron Saint of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey is St. Iakovos (Tsalikis) of Evia. Blessed St ...

St. Cecilia, patron of musicians, is the earliest known incorruptible saint. She was martyred around A.D. 177. In 1599, she was exhumed and found incorrupt and in the same position in which she ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...

On Sept. 19, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Januarius, bishop, martyr, and patron saint of Naples, Italy. Traditionally on this day and on two other occasions a year, his blood ...

It makes him the first ever millennial saint and, as some Catholics have put it, “God’s influencer” and the “patron saint of the internet.” Meanwhile, the cult of Carlos Acutis is ...

Image courtesy of Francesca Jonica By Francesca Jonica Who is St. Vincent de Paul, and what is his enduring legacy? St.

Bishop David J. Bonnar, head of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, has accepted a recommendation by the Rev. Matthew ...