Historical Anniversaries

For the first time in eight centuries, the mortal remains of St. Francis of Assisi are being exposed for an extended period of public veneration.

In recent years, it has become a little tradition in Rome to celebrate the anniversary of Cardinal Newman’s birthday with a Mass in the chapel where he celebrated his first …

The Catholic reader of Jane Austen’s novels should find them to be dramas of conscience, charity and growth.

In many ways, “Gaudium et Spes,” or the “Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World,” is the culmination of what the Second Vatican Council hoped to accomplish, the …

When Pius XI became pope, much of the world was in shambles. While the bloodletting of World War I had ended, widespread peace and tranquility were not evident.

The main motivation for the pope’s first trip Nov. 27-Dec. 2 is to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which laid the basis for the Creed all …

On the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great famine in Ireland that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus …

President Donald Trump marked the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks at the Pentagon, prior to his scheduled trip to New York for a similar event.

The missions comprise a single UNESCO World Heritage Site, and will mark the 10th anniversary of that designation Sept. 3-7.

Catholics in Normandy commemorated the 100th anniversary of St. Thérèse’s of Lisieux’s canonization with three days of solemn celebrations May 16-18.