Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. This year, Advent began Nov. 30, the start of the new liturgical year.

As Advent approaches, families bring out their boxes of Christmas decorations and set out the Advent wreath. But consider a ...

As we journey through Advent and prepare ourselves for the coming of Our Lord at Christmas, it is natural that we should ...

St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly marked the end of its annual Hunger Action Week Nov. 17–21 by collecting more ...

Jackie Bolware regularly attends the annual Mass in Celebration of Black Catholic History Month. She said that every year ...

At the end of his first foreign trip as pope, a trip focused on dialogue, Pope Leo XIV said the examples of friendship and ...

Mary Gohn joined the throng who rushed inside to prepare for the arrival of the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, beloved ...

Pope Leo XIV ended his stay in Lebanon with what he termed "a heartfelt appeal: may the attacks and hostilities cease." ...

Visiting two countries over six days on his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV preached unity, dialogue and respect for ...

Although the ancient city of Nicaea lies in ruins and the geographic center of Christianity has shifted West, Pope Leo XIV and Christian leaders gathered at an archaeological site in Turkey to ...

On his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV showed reporters that the inflight news conferences of his predecessors would ...

Growing up in my family meant a steady flow of house guests throughout the year. While it was mostly old friends and relatives, even the occasional exchange student, college student on a choir tour, ...