The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... Athenagoras (177) in his "A Plea on Behalf of Christians" (a defense against paganism) emphasized that Christians consider ...

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Sinéad Strong is founder of Catholic Mothers Ireland, an organization that has drawn upon the life and example of St. Brigid ...

Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? Here's a quick Valentine's Day history, from possible pagan origins to Catholic saints ...

Consequently, it became a national church, rather than a national unit within an international church structure (i.e. the Roman Catholic Church) under one leader (i.e. the pope ... eastern England ...

One of the most common explanations is that Valentine's Day has its origins in the ancient Roman fertility festival of ...

Many Eastern Orthodox churches are built to face east while all the church buildings of the Eastern Coptic church are designed to face east ( St. Mark’s in Alexandria is one). Buildings obtained from ...

Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became ...

As you read this article in the third month of winter, you may be busy thinking about buying fine chocolates and long-stemmed ...

As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...