Christmas

Have you ever wondered what the course of Mary’s thoughts were on that first Christmas day? Just what did her contemplation reveal?

“The Lord’s birth brings the gift of peace and invites us to become its prophetic sign in a human and cultural context that is too fragmented.”

“Thank you for your prayers, encouragement and efforts. May God grant lasting peace and security to our country and to the world at large.”

With the Vatican’s Nativity scene and huge Christmas tree glittering in the Roman sun behind him, David Henrie reflected on the joy of giving during the Advent season.

“I do believe that the loneliness people feel in this culture … is also the greatest opportunity for the church in the 21st century,” Marcel LeJeune said.

Even though Hattie’s cancer is in remission, she is at Children’s frequently for blood tests to monitor the remission, which is in its seventh year.

Tolkien’s beloved Hobbits may serve as an inspiration for Christian celebration and mission during the Christmas season.

At the end of his one day off each week, Pope Leo XIV went to the local school in Castel Gandolfo and joined hundreds of excited parents in watching the …

Las Posadas — observed from Dec. 16 to Dec. 24 — commemorate the arduous trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph as they sought lodging …

Born as a baby in Bethlehem, God chose to “reveal himself in a human setting,” the pope said in a speech Dec. 13 to musicians and organizers of the Vatican’s …