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The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul is celebrated on 29 June, supposedly the day that both saints died, although years apart. Paul was a Jew whose main task was to hunt and persecute Christians.

Pope Sixtus V later reestablished the feast in 1585, and it is still celebrated today, commemorating the faith of her parents, Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.

In the afternoon, the pope will be able to continue to follow the Lenten spiritual exercises "in communion" with the Curia on ...

So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you ... claimed they were more loyal to the pope than to the U.S., they viewed ...