For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation.

The Christmas holiday is in the rearview mirror for most people. But there is one more occasion on the religious end of the ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation. January 1 marks the Solemnity of Mary, a day the honors the role of Mary as the Mother of God ...

While it is not a holy day of obligation, it is a feast day celebrating ... calendar for the dioceses of the United States of America, it will take place on Jan. 5, 2025. Presbyterians celebrate ...

The following are the holy days celebrated and observed with obligation in the Archdiocese of Boston for 2025: -- Solemnity of Mary, the Most Holy Mother of God, Wednesday, Jan. 1. -- Solemnity of t ...

As a holy day of obligation, Catholics commemorate the ascension of Jesus ... two women who were murdered by the Salvadoran military at the University of Central America. Secular 24 Martyrdom of Guru ...

The 12th Day of Christmas, Epiphany, has special significance in Ireland. It is known as “Little Christmas” — Nollaig Beag — ...

Throughout a year of conflict: religious inclusion, religious rights and religious diversity were defended around the world.

Then, on New Year’s Day — also a holy day of obligation, the Solemnity of Mary — the Holy Door at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major outside the Vatican in Rome will be opened.

"He pursued the woman" but had no hold on her: the new Eve, "full of grace" of the Holy Spirit, is preserved from sin and the corruption of death (the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of ...