By Christopher Wells Pope Francis has led the Church in giving thanks to God for the blessings of 2024, presiding at the ...

With these words, St. Augustine emphasizes the greatness of Mary as mother of the eternal Son of God, and the infinite ...

Pope Francis has delivered a powerful New Year 2025 message: brotherhood is the world's hope, the cornerstone for the future.

As the Jubilee of 2025 begins, the legacy of two great millennial Churchmen has prepared the Church for the “Greater Jubilee ...

On the Vigil of the feast of St. Mary, Mother of God, Pope Francis said the hope of brotherly fraternity is not based on ...

Pope Francis said that the Holy Family faced real challenges and offers a model for navigating the “dramatic” moments that ...

Does your congregation have any special or unusual Advent or Christmas customs? Are there any that are characteristic of your ...

Marking the feast of the Holy Family Dec. 29, Francis reflected on the day's Gospel reading from St. Luke in which the ...

At the heart of Christmas and the Christian worldview is the Incarnation, when God took on flesh and, in Christ, became fully ...

The celebration of Easter and Christmas, the two greatest solemnities, continues for eight days, with each octave governed by ...

The Catholic calendar has several ways to divide the Christmas season. The Church’s Western liturgical tradition sees ...

For Christians, Christmas is a day of worship, a day of miracle and mystery, the day the baby Jesus arrived in his unique ...