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 ...

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.

This feast is one of the oldest and most revered in Christian tradition. St. Joseph actually has two feast days: March 19th .

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