On Feb. 2, Día de la Candelaria will mark the end of the holiday season for the Catholic and Latino communities, celebrated with tamales, faith, and family.

This week, hundreds of thousands of Catholics – mostly Mexican Americans and other Latinos – will make their yearly pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, but concerns over ...

December 8 is a special nonworking holiday in the Philippines, following a law signed by former president Rodrigo Duterte on December 28, 2017 Is December 8 the birthday of Mama Mary? Or is it the ...

Today, I recognize every American celebrating December 8 as a Holy Day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary, mother of Jesus and one of the greatest figures in the Bible. On the Feast of the ...

An instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on leave after a student complained that she received a failing grade on a paper that cited the Bible to assert that the "belief in multiple ...

From the groves of Corfu and Cephalonia to the orchards of Tiberias and Jaffa, the saga of the etrog under Ottoman rule reveals how a fruit became entangled in struggles of faith and trade. Every fall ...

As autumn continues, after the serious High Holy Days the biblical calendar reaches its joyful peak—Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. This observance carries deep historical, cultural, and spiritual ...

Autumn arrives on the biblical calendar, and we begin the fall feasts with a series of holidays often called the High Holy Days in Jewish tradition. Rosh Hashanah (also, the Feast of Trumpets) begins ...

The Feast of San Gennaro continues this weekend in Little Italy, offering New Yorkers a chance to eat and shop until they drop. The festival is a tradition that dates back almost a century, and for ...

LITTLE ITALY, Manhattan (WABC) -- The Feast of San Gennaro returned to Little Italy on Thursday for its annual celebration of street food, Italian culture, music and more. This year marks the 99th ...