Every year on March 17, the world turns a little greener—literally! From parades packed with leprechauns to rivers dyed ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation. January 1 marks the Solemnity of Mary, a day the honors the role of Mary as the Mother of God ...

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

Holy Days of Obligation are days within the Church’s liturgical year that are feast days and therefore mean that Catholics must attend Mass on those days. They may be celebrated during Sunday ...

Paschasius Radbertus (d.860) wrote that this feast of Mary's Nativity was being preached throughout the universal church and it became a holy day of obligation for the west by the year 1007. The ...

Baháʼí 29 Feast of the Ascension The fortieth day after Easter Sunday. As a holy day of obligation, Catholics commemorate the ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven and celebrate on the following ...

A new bill proposing Good Friday as Utah's newest legal holiday is introduced to Utah Legislature. What do faith leaders have to say?