This December, Israel ushers in one of its most atmospheric holiday seasons as Hanukkah and Christmas unfold side by side, casting a warm glow over its historic cities, coastal districts, and ...

It's the Second Sunday of Advent, and we look towards Christmas with a carol by Shirley Murray and Jillian Bray; Hawkes Bay ...

Just about everyone enjoys a Christmas holiday with all the trimmings, including Santa’s “ho ho ho” and Rudolph’s red nose.

Part 2 of NCR's three-part series examines the experience of the Annunciation community after the Aug. 27 shooting at the ...

"Jesus said, in this world, you will have burdens, but I have come to help you to overcome the burdens," Fr. Dennis Zehren ...

Dec. 8, 2025, marks the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Boston. For a century and a half, the faithful of this archdioce ...

Twenty-five years ago, I had a prayer experience that I return to annually at Advent. At the time, I was a novice Catholic ...

GOD IS GOOD!” the principal shouted to the 300 students buzzing in the auditorium at Annunciation Catholic School. They ...

Anne Elvey’s (C)loud confronts clerical child abuse by exposing how it corrodes religious language itself, asking whether ...

A Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in a Tripoli prison has been sent by Germany to the ...

A shooting last weekend at a children’s birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing this year ...