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Valentine's Day Celebrated Worldwide

It is known around the world as the "day of love." Valentine's Day, 2014, is officially here. Pope Francis marked the February 14 celebration in St. Peter's Square with a question and answer session with thousands of couples engaged to be married. He told them the secret to preserving love is to "never end a single day without being at peace with each other." Meanwhile, couples in China rushed to make their marriages official, as Friday marked both...

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