Oral and folk tradition recounts that St. Brigid, whose feast day is celebrated in Ireland on Feb. 1, made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way ...

In the end it was Leonard of Port Maurice or Porto Maurizio (Italy) (1676–1751), a Franciscan of the Riformella, who established what we know as the 14 Stations of the Cross. During his long life as ...

Cancel anytime. ST. LOUIS — A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed Friday after he got off a Metro bus and tried to cross the street between the bus and a vehicle directly behind the ...

we figured you might want to brush up on the history and traditions of the iconic St. Brigid's Cross - and learn how to make your own! In 2023, Ireland ushered in its newest bank holiday ...

The Community of Oulart Women’s Society (C.O.W.S), took the opportunity to celebrate Ireland’s only female patron saint by organising a cross-making session over the bank holiday weekend. The ...

Image: Matt Brown The old railway lands behind King's Cross have changed almost beyond ... soon to become Central St Martins College. These three images are taken from almost the same spot on ...

This week, Transport for London confirmed that a teenager had reported seeing an apparition while on the Metropolitan line at King's Cross St Pancras station in December 2023 - leaving him visibly ...

The Revd Canon Bruce Duncan had his Cross of St Augustine award returned on his 87th birthday by a Lichfield-based dealer who bought it, identified it as stolen and worked with police to make sure it ...

Archbishop Charles Thompson has designated the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln at Saint Meinrad Archabbey as a pilgrimage site for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis during the Jubilee Year of ...

Sporting gloves and a red ribbon to ward off evil, Ecuadoran police raiding a drug den apprehensively inspect an altar to Santa Muerte — a Mexican "death saint" adopted by local gangs as their ...