The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate the patron of love’s relics.

From ancient traditions to modern marketing, chocolate’s journey to becoming the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift is a story of ...

Valentine’s Day began as St. Valentine’s Day, a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus ...

NAPLES, Italy -- Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan tradition that fascinates locals and visitors alike: the ...

Once reserved for romantic partners and other loved ones, the heart emoji can now mean anything—which means it has no meaning ...

With more than 4.7 million hashtags, Notre Dame Cathedral in France ranks as the most Instagrammable religious landmark in ...

On Valentine's Day hearts are everywhere - on cards, cakes, balloons and emojis - but when were they first used to symbolise love? The heart is universally recognised, its iconography found in art, ...

Soheila Golestani, the Iranian actor who stars in Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar-nominated drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” has been banned from leaving Iran to serve on the Tiger Competition ...

In contrast, the red lotus is a symbol of the heart chakra, embodying passion, love, and the capacity for deep emotional connection. For those drawn to the mystical and esoteric, the purple lotus can ...

When to skip: If you’re looking to express romantic love. The heart-on-fire emoji is a symbol of passion or lust. Emojipedia states that this heart also indicates “a sense of burning a past ...

Between Sacred Cities is situated between the iconic Makkah ... Visitors are invited to pause, reflect, and connect with these profound symbols of spirituality. At the heart of Qureshi’s installation ...

We don’t have any more room.” Father Gilbert Guzman is pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Altadena, located just across the street from blocks and blocks of homes which, like the Corrals ...