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Every year, federal workers ask if Good Friday — which in 2023 falls on Friday, April 7 — will be a holiday. Here's the answer.

George Brent, an Easter Rising Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born on this day in 1904. Born George Brendan Nolan, this Irishman was a doppelganger of Michael Collins. He went on to enjoy a Hollywood career after Ireland's Easter Rising.

The order was given hours after Pope Francis described Ortega as a “imbalanced dictator”, and was communicated at the Vatican headquarters in Rome

Here's the story of one well-traveled, Mosin-Nagant rifle that had been born in one country, fought for another country and then fought for two more countries over a short span of only thirty years.

DUBLIN FLAMES KINDLED A NATIONS SPIRIT Extract from The Irish Independent 1916 Fifty years ago in Dublin, seven men with a dream led out a small army o...

New York, New York, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Malta, a Mediterranean archipelago, boasts over 300 days of sunshine a year and a remarkable history that dates back to over 7,000 years. The islands of Malta will be the 2023 hot spot for a diverse...

Malta, a Mediterranean archipelago, boasts over 300 days of sunshine a year and a remarkable history that dates back to over 7,000 years. | world travel news – tourism news – breaking travel news – -destination news |

I still hold strong traditional values associated with Catholicism, but I’ve also developed broader thinking about what being a Christian is about

This year, Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday on April 2, which, according to Christian tradition, marks the return of Jesus to Jerusalem and ends on April 9, Easter Sunday.