On Feb. 3 many Catholics will be in church for the annual blessing of throats on St. Blaise’s feast day. We know we ask through this blessing to for bishop and martyr St. Blaise’s intercession, as the ...

Catholics of a certain age will remember St. Blaise, for whom Chicago’s incoming archbishop is named, as the patron of sore-throat sufferers. On the saint’s feast day, Feb. 3, a parishioner receives a ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- February 3rd marks the Catholic celebration known as the Feast of St. Blaise, the patron saint of those with ailments of the throat. And today, one of the traditional "Blessing ...

Those of us of a certain age remember that, beyond the days when attendance at Mass was obligatory (Sundays and holy days of obligation), there were also days when more Catholics than usual came to ...

This week, Dubrovnik is honouring a tradition dating back more than 1,000 years, celebrating the miraculous defence of their city. The legend goes that in 972, St Blaise appeared to a priest while he ...

The evening before the festivity of Saint Blaise in Dubrovnik, Croatia, as all the church bells in the city ring and white doves are released as symbols of peace, worshippers gather for a ritual ...

A seven-month-long 50th anniversary celebration for Bellingham’s St. Blaise Church will kick off with Mass at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, followed by a reception in the church hall. Established on ...

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St Blaise is the patron saint of Dubrovnik and his statue can be seen at many points throughout the city, looking down and protecting its inhabitants. Ever since the year 972, when people first began ...