Newark Advocate faith columnist Jeff Gill explores the history of Valentine's Day and how it connects to today's ...

Preparations are in full swing to celebrate Ponggal tomorrow at the 90-year-old Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Butterworth, Penang. Yes, Tamil Roman Catholics are marking the ...

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The event is observed by Tamil Roman Catholics as well ... shared that the team has been putting up Ponggal decorations at the church for the past 30 years. The team of 12 members creates a ...

In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood ... The Apostolic Constitutions uses Roman-style midnight-to-midnight days, so this squares with the New Testament’s use of ...

The event is observed by Tamil Roman ... from the Church of the Sts Jacques Chastan & Laurent Imbert joining in the festivities, reported The Star. S. Tony Raj, leader of the apostolate team, shared ...

In 500 AD, when Christianity was established in the eastern part of the Roman Empire, the temple of Athena became ... it was consecrated and defined as the “Catholic Church of Athens.” An anonymous ...

• The celebration of Valentine’s Day can be traced back as far as a Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia. On Lupercalia, a young man would draw the name of a young woman in a lottery and would then ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch ...

Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Friday's Google Doodle celebrates Valentine's Day. The artwork shows a variety of yummy-looking chocolates ...

Deacon Greg Trum and his wife, Barb, told CNA they were moved to help residents of Los Angeles while putting Christmas ...