The entry of the jubilee cross into the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth on Dec. 29 marked the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in the Holy Land.

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

The Christmas spirit in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was festive yet overshadowed on Christmas Eve by the grim realities of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Pa ...

The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary recalls the privilege according to which the Mother of God was preserved from all sin, including original sin, from the very first ...

And the Holy Innocents, victims of Herod’s persecution, give their lives in place of Jesus. They testify to him by their ...

The trumpets blared throughout the streets of Rome and the known world of the day. An edict decreed by the emperor spread ...

Like most of us, Mary and Joseph had little time to enjoy the Christmas events that surrounded them. They were immediately ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

The processions, illuminated by the flickering glow of candles and guided by the faithful devotion of participants, wove through the Sacred Acre, the historic grounds of Mission Nombre de Dios. This ...

The annual live Nativity presented by the Jackson United Methodist Church was Dec. 18 outside on the church lawn where it ...

No presents on Christmas day? Drinking hot corn? Why is Mexican Christmas different and what goes on in December and January?