Like many Italian-Americans, my fondest childhood memories include fragrant foods, loud social gatherings, and the Catholic saints who bring them together. With la Festa di San Giuseppe, the feast of ...

The U.S. bishops’ annual Religious Freedom Week has a liturgical setting. Beginning on June 22, the feast of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, the week includes the Nativity of St. John the Baptist ...

The Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII (1502–1585), is used almost throughout the world and establishes that every fourth year is a leap year that has one extra day, Feb. 29. What is ...

St. Anthony's Feast Days will be held June 6-8 in Endicott. Festival attendees can enjoy Italian food and live music. Festivities end after a Mass, procession and pasta dinner on June 8. Annual ethnic ...

ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WBNG) -- A decades-long tradition is returning once again to Little Italy in Endicott. Preparations for this year’s St. Anthony’s Italian Feast Days are underway in Little Italy. Even ...

A popular event is making its triumphant return to normalcy after a few years of canceled events and smaller substitutes. St. Anthony's Italian Feast Days return Friday. So, if you're on Endicott's ...

Here is further background on the day, including why it is important to the Catholic Church and traditional methods to celebrate the day. What does the Feast of the Assumption celebrate? How and where ...

St. Teresa of Kolkata gives comfort to a sick man at the Missionaries of Charity home in Kolkata, India, in this undated photo. (OSV News photo/KNA) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has added the ...

Today, Melania and I join with many Christians in the United States and all around the world who are celebrating the memorial feast day of the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. Forty days ago, the world ...