Sanskrit and Telugu scholar Brahmasri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma receives the Padma Shri for his remarkable contributions to ...

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

Valentine’s Day began as St. Valentine’s Day, a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus ...

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Liturgy of the Hours — also called the “Divine Office” — is the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

As the Dicastery for Divine Worship releases the decree inscribing St. Teresa of Calcutta in the General Roman Calendar, ...

Mother Teresa’s optional memorial has been added to the General Roman Calendar following a decree by the Dicastery for Divine ...

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The weekend of Nov. 27 begins the most dramatic changes seen in the Catholic Mass since those that came as a result of the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. It should be clearly said what is ...

In fact, we travel every time we open a book, and probably the most distant places are the ones we’ve reached through books.” The exhibition will run through Dec. 20 at the Sala Barberini and ...

Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too. By Alexandra Alter When Andy Hunter ...

His latest book is “House of Bone and Rain.” The Japanese author Uketsu, according to his biography, “only ever appears online, wearing a mask and speaking through a voice changer.” ...