While St. Valentine remains the patron saint of lovers, the feast day in his honor is no longer on the Catholic Church's ...

Shrove Tuesday is basically the same thing Along ... “To shrive” means to hear confessions, according to Catholic theologian Father William P. Saunders. “While this was seen as the last ...

This picture shows Catholic worshippers at a Mass in Washington ... The Carnival of Venice in Italy is held each year on Shrove Tuesday. The history of the carnival stretches back over 800 years.