When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

Holy Days of Obligation are days within the Church ... of Mary being taken up into heaven at the end of her life. The Catholic belief is that at death, the body dies and the soul goes on to ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation ... to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, though it is still encouraged.

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic ... Around the world, Bishops and priests ...