Love is in the air with Valentine's Day nearing, while Christians prepare for Lent, a holy period marked by prayer, fasting and almsgiving. These traditions converge on Feb. 14, marking both Valentine ...

The U.S. bishops’ annual Religious Freedom Week has a liturgical setting. Beginning on June 22, the feast of Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, the week includes the Nativity of St. John the Baptist ...

This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious or cultural traditions or of the holidays observed in those traditions. If we have not included a religious tradition or major religious ...

As Advent approaches, families bring out their boxes of Christmas decorations and set out the Advent wreath. But consider a ...

President Donald Trump honored the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which appears to be the first time a U.S. president ...

Epiphany is a Christian feast day celebrated on January 6th that honors the day the three Wise met the new born king Video shows "La Rosca de Reyes" a Mexican sweet bread available during Epiphany, ...

As I’m writing this on May 9, our Roman Catholic and (some) Protestant cousins are celebrating the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. As you’re reading it in early June, my fellow Orthodox Christians ...

St. Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on March 17th, marking the death date of St. Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Originating in Ireland, this day has come ...

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...