Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so ...

The leader of the USCCB has commended the move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith.

Pope Francis honors legacy of love and service of the founder of Missionaries of Charity religious congregation ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of ...

In Ireland, Feb. 1 marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of “Lá Fhéile Bríde” — St. Brigid’s Day. For Irish ... is a forbearer of St. Teresa of Calcutta, who herself spent ...

In a short but poignant text from his best-known work, ‘Summa Theologiae,’ Aquinas explained his views on venerating relics.

As the Dicastery for Divine Worship releases the decree inscribing St. Teresa of Calcutta in the General Roman Calendar, ...

We were in luck, the porter said: It was a feast day. The relics of the monastery ... of the deceased than parts of them. When St. Teresa of Calcutta died, for instance, she left behind a ...