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Christmastide, the twelve days of Christmas

Christmastide, the twelve days of Christmas

All we need to know about Christmastide, the twelve days of holy celebrations starting on Christmas Eve and ending on January 6th. For most people,...

Saint Valentine: the story of an incurable romantic

Some honor this festivity as a perfect opportunity to genuinely show off all the love they’ve been hiding all year long. Others think for whatever ...

Love, in others’ words

Expressing one’s love might be quite a feat, but fear not! We collected some of the best ideas for romantic notes, said or put on paper by church p...

Candlemas Day: the meaning of the very last day of Christmas

Candlemas is a Christian holy day commemorating the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. It falls on 2 February, and it is the very last day of Chr...

Thomas Aquinas: the Saint who believed Faith and Reason could live in harmony

Born into a Catholic feudal family, in Aquino (the modern-day Italian region of Lazio), a very young Thomas joined the ranks of the Monte Cassino a...

St. Peregrine Laziosi, patron saint of cancer patients

St Peregrine Laziosi: the Saint who protects from cancer

Saint Peregrine was born in 1260 in Forlì, one of the Papal States at the time, and was openly anticlerical as a youth. The Pope sent the Servite P...

Interesting Facts: Carnival as a Christian pre-Lent Festival

The tradition of bidding farewell to a light-hearted pre-Lent period with a spectacular as much as hedonic celebration stretches back to the Middle...

Thomas More’s Carnival prayer for good humor

As a Pre-Lent season, we are expected to celebrate Carnival praying and meditating, rather than playing funny jokes or wearing eccentric costumes. ...

Lenten Season: a complete guide

The most critical days, the main definitions, the mandatory duties, and everything else we need to know about Lenten Season in an easy guide. Len...

The Great Lent unveiled in 5 basic facts

The Great Lent is an essential Christian period of repentance and preparation for Easter. Formalized during the First Council of Nicaea in 325 CE, ...

The most influential Catholic women of all times

On March the 8th, the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, a day for honoring the countless women who struggled to fight inequality, dis...

St Benedict of Nursia: the founder of a new way to God

Benedict of Nursia was born in 480 into a righteous Italian family, which sent him to a Roman school as a youth. Back then, the western Roman empir...

Saint Benedict Medal: The Key to Understand It

Before we look into Saint Benedict medal meaning, let’s brush up on a few facts about the life of Benedict of Nursia. Born in 480 in a noble Roman ...