The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate ...

In the original festival, men would sacrifice a goat and a dog, then run around naked or nearly naked, hitting women with the animals' hides.

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...

Was Saint Valentine Greek? A Catholic community on Lesvos says there are strong clues that he was either Greek or of Greek origin.

After the blessing at the Shrine of Saint Valentine in Dublin, data was presented on the correlation between declining ...

It is not often that a Bloody Sunday commemoration, St Brigid of Kildare’s feast day, a football match, and a desire to ...

Top prize went to Bridie Farrissey, Freemount and Martin Fahy, Broadford. Ladies prize went to Delia Conroy and Eily Scott, ...

Here’s an astounding fact — Brigid’s Day is the only national holiday honoring a woman in the world (except for feasts of the ...

Today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is one Catholic theologian, alongside St. Augustine of Hippo, who has continued to fascinate me. My admiration for them has grown so deep that I ...

Bristol's newest food festival is returning this summer. Feast On on Clifton Downs will showcase the city's best chefs, independent restaurants and traders, plus "immersive experiences" for food ...