Laity and clergy in India welcomed the Vatican’s announcement that the feast of St Teresa of Kolkata will ... of the saint – popularly known as Mother Teresa – on 5 September will now ...

So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more ...

the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution A/RES/67/105 designated the 5th of September, the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, as the International Day of Charity.

St. Patrick's Day, observed on March 17, has transitioned from a feast day in Ireland to a widely celebrated holiday in the United States. The holiday commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of ...