The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate ...

In the niche that is part of the altarpiece above the altar, an image of the Virgin Mary can be seen although without a doubt ...

These sites each have a unique history and hold significance in their local region, helping Catholics to encounter God in new ...

WEDNESDAY is Baclaran Day. It is the day of the week when tens of thousands of people from Metro Manila and neighboring ...

The statue of St. Sebastian, which is behind the altar, had been carved off a “Madan tree ... Archbishop Oswald Gomis declared St. Sebastian Church as “St. Sebastian Shrine” by way of special ...

In a short but poignant text from his best-known work, ‘Summa Theologiae,’ Aquinas explained his views on venerating relics.

Historically speaking, there are multiple saints named Valentine or Valentinus - all of whom were martyred. The saint we're ...

As a Catholic and a medievalist, I can never resist meeting a new saint. The relic ... We gathered around the shrine, silently, to pray. Then my dad, whose piety sometimes runs up against his ...

A 50-year-old Winnipeg man has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon, and disturbing an assemblage ...

With the recent canonization of St. Juan ... above the main altar of the basilica, showing a young woman with her head lowered demurely in her shawl. She wears an open crown and flowing gown, and ...