St. Jude suggests creating "encouraging notes" for its patients, emphasizing that cards can be sent throughout the entire year and not exclusively on Valentine's Day.

St. Valentine — whether priest or bishop — was martyred on Feb. 14, now celebrated as Valentine’s Day. According to most accounts, he was beaten and then beheaded after a time of imprisonment.

A skull enshrined in a glass reliquary and attributed to St. Valentine is seen at St. Mary in Cosmedin Basilica in Rome on Feb. 12, 2022. Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images ...

To the secular world, St. Valentine is synonymous with cards, chocolates and lavish gifts of roses to mark this saint’s day. But for the prior of Dublin’s Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ...

Valentine's Day is one of the biggest nights to eat out, and with a multitude of restaurants in the St. Augustine area, diners certainly have their pick — from high-end favorites like Collage to ...