The private Catholic chapel where two Spanish men celebrated their civil “marriage” last weekend is subject to “canonical effects” and deconsecration.
This doctor of the Church was simple, firm, and honest in the face of error.
On Feb. 20, the Church celebrates the lives of two children, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the seers of the Fatima apparitions canonized in 2017.
Consider these tried-and-true ways of entering into Lent this year.
On the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, we honor the Sudanese-Italian saint Josephine Bakhita.
He convened Vatican Council I, proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, and declared St. Joseph “Patron of the Church.”
Only 25 when he was killed, San Felipe de Jesus — St. Philip of Jesus — is celebrated Feb. 5 for the witness he gave as a missionary.
Agatha was ruthlessly tortured and martyred under the Roman Emperor Decius in the third century and credited after her death with saving her home town of Catania.
St. Blaise, celebrated on Feb. 3, was a bishop and martyr from Armenia who today is associated with the healing of throats.
On this day we remember when Mary and Joseph carried the infant Jesus to the Temple to fulfill the law.
St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest thinkers of all time, was deeply in love with God.
Every Jan. 27, the Church celebrates St. Angela Merici, foundress of the Order of St. Ursula, whose members are known as Ursulines.
On Jan. 24, the Church celebrates the patron saint of journalists, writers, and the Catholic press: St. Francis de Sales, doctor of the Church.
The feast of St. Anthony of the Desert, also known as St. Anthony Abbot, the father of Christian monks and model of ascetic spirituality, is celebrated Jan. 17.
On Jan. 12, we celebrate the feast of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Montréal.
Every Jan. 9 the Catholic Church commemorates St. Julian and his wife, St. Basilissa, who died around the year 304.
On Jan. 6, the Catholic Church celebrates the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord.
Every Jan. 5 the Church celebrates the feast of St. John Neumann, Redemptorist missionary and fourth bishop of the city of Philadelphia.
The celebration of “Holywins” is an initiative that originated in Paris in 2002 with the aim of celebrating the eve of All Saints on Oct. 31 in a Christian way.
The bishops stated that “as the Catholic Church we are convinced ... that human life from the beginning, including unborn life, possesses its own dignity.”