Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter ... when Pope Pius IX allowed it to be seen for 12 days to mark the 1,800th anniversary of the martyrdom ...
Yet what is the real meaning of Saint Patrick’s Day and ... he is included on the list of Saints. The feast day was only officially placed on the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar in ...
The novena was first drafted by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston during his term as chair of the USCCB’s Committee on ...