Four new feast days have been approved for the liturgical calendar in England and Wales.
The Congregation for Divine Worship and Sacraments approved the feast days at the request of the bishops.
They commemorate St Gregory the Great on September 3, St Thomas Becket on December 29, the English Martyrs on May 4, and St Augustine of Canterbury on May 27.
Elevating these saints’ days to national feasts means they will take precedence over the Church’s universal liturgical calendar and must be celebrated in England and Wales.
