As the Roman Empire transformed, its emperors had conflicting views on pagan traditions. This video explores their personal ...
The American holiday calendar is surprisingly rich with Catholic traditions -- St. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, All Hallows Eve, Christmas, and Easter. All of them, however, have taken ...
As autumn proves and Robert Frost reminds us, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” In October, daylight wanes, fields empty and much of ...
Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorating the 1,500th anniversary of her death on Thursday, the feast day of the so-called matron saint of Ireland, who's been gaining a modern following. Many of the ...
The first saints were Christian martyrs who suffered agonising deaths. The standards for sainthood today are significantly ...
Similarly, Social media commentator Ian Miles Cheong said: “The Pope blesses a slab of ice and then just lingers there while a bunch of communist weirdos prance around in some pagan Earth-worship ...
While many Catholic leaders in Nigeria are concerned about the influence of Pentecostalism, Catholics in the southeastern parts of the country are concerned about another trend. In rural parts of the ...
It’s the first time a European nation has enshrined a special place for a pagan religion ...
To encourage young rural people to stay in the Church, the priest has suggested that the Church in Nigeria rethink its role and look for practical ways to empower youths in the country. Father Vitalis ...