Alongside Patrick and Columba, Brigid is one of the most important Irish saints. Yet you would be hard-pressed to know it ...

The short answer to the question of the historical Saint Valentine is church officials aren't entirely sure he existed, which is why the Catholic Church removed him from its official calendar in 1969.

Get your time travel gear on, because Tom Trtan is “Trtan Back Time.” He recounts historic events and birthdays that happened this week in history! Did you know that on February 4, ...

The Gospel reading today provides some guidance for this, and it feels somewhat serendipitous that it would fall on the feast ...

From saints to candy hearts, these Valentine’s Day facts aren’t what you expect.

On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed ...

This weekend marks the beginning of the celebrations around St Brigid's Day, so Florence visited St Brigid's National School in Stillorgan to learn more about the female patron saint!

THE moment you step off the boat onto this 1.8-hectare island in the Visayan Sea, you feel the warmth of the community that ...

This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It parallels famous early dynastic scenes like those at Gebel Sheikh Suleiman ...

This year, heed the warnings of overtourism and visit one of these 12 destinations instead.

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid, cultivated his own personal army, made up of both Christians and ...

There’s something almost magical about standing in the middle of the Barnyard Flea Market in Augusta, Georgia, clutching a dusty vinyl record in one hand and a perfectly preserved Star Wars action ...