Before the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out in 2023, this writer was blessed to join a Holy Land pilgrimage in Israel. One of the highlights of the visit ...

Congregants can follow the prayers on large plasma TVs that hang from church columns decorated with the green, yellow and red colors of the Ethiopian flag. “It really feels like home,” said ...

The peoples of our world desire peace,” Pope Leo XIV said, “and to their leaders I appeal with all my heart: Let us meet, let us talk, let us negotiate! War is never inevitable.” ...

St George is now also the patron saint of Ethiopia, Georgia ... Traditional activities include parades, church services, and flag-waving ceremonies. Some communities even host medieval ...

In the Paul VI Hall, the pontiff met with Eastern Catholics together with their patriarchs and metropolitans, who are in Rome ...

The WorldPride festival begins on-screen and onstage; strawberry festivals make sweet day trips; and AAPI Heritage Month ...

"Happy St George's [England flag]." While St George's Day is typically celebrated each year on 23 April, the date was postponed this year as the Church of England states that no saint's day can ...

LUIS TATO / AFP On Friday, four days after Pope Francis' death, nuns and other believers pray for the late pontiff at the Holy Family Basilica church in ... as the Somali flag flutters overhead.

This springtime celebration, also known as The Feast of George, is the perfect opportunity to fly your English flag - literally ... with other places such as Ethiopia, Catalonia and Aragon.