When considering holidays in November, most people immediately think of Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, and that's it. However, one significant holiday for many Christians falls at the very start of ...

Today is the feast of All Saints, when we celebrate all those holy men and women who intercede for us in heaven. Despite what some non-Catholic critics claim, we don’t worship the saints the way that ...

As October comes to an end, religious groups far and wide are preparing to celebrate the saints, some widely-known and others more personal. The Christian holiday All Saints Day comes every year on ...

A Stained Glass Christmas, from Chartres to Baltimore’s Gilded Age Beef bourguignon, éclairs, and a bourbon-and-blackberry cocktail honor a beloved French saint and the archangels. Legend has it that ...

God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said. Celebrating the feast of All Saints, the pope led the midday recitation ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that holiness is both a “gift” from God and a “journey” to which we must “commit” ourselves after we’ve received it. The Holy Father ...

The celebration of “Holywins” (“Holiness wins“), is an initiative that originated in Paris in 2002 with the aim of celebrating the eve of All Saints on Oct. 31 in a Christian way. Over time, this ...

Lacombe resident Raymond Batiste has spent the past several weeks preparing for All Saints Day, tending to the family cemetery where his parents, sister and two brothers are buried. It’s a practice ...