This is the Daily Gospel for today, January 1, 2025, which is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, ...

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 ...

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

Suspending your disbelief and making the world a better place — these get at the heart of celebrating the holidays in a time ...

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 ...

Herod the Great was the King of Judea who is said to have preserved the body of his dead wife in honey for seven years.

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 ...