Editor's Note: The following is the full text of Pope Francis' homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2023. Like a rising star (cf. Num ...

Drawing on the account of the Magi on the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Francis on Saturday urged the faithful to “find God in flesh and bone, in the faces of those we meet each day, and ...

Christmas day has finally dawned. There’s been so much anticipation, so much hype, that it’s hard for one day to bear the weight of all the expectations. That’s pretty obvious as we look at gifts ...

The opening story of the Acts of the Apostles explains that Jesus was "taken up" out of the sight of his followers. Introducing what we call the Acts of the Apostles, Luke tells anybody who will ...

September is here, the month that is welcomed as the start of the BER months and with Christmas, the nativity of Jesus Christ, as the highlight of DecemBER. September 8 is an important date and ...

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Solemnities: Celebrating a Tapestry of Divine Beauty. Catholics see the world as a marriage of the spiritual and material, not a divorce of these two ...

On my first Christmas as a priest, I was assigned one of the parish’s three simultaneous Vigil Masses for Christmas Eve. We had one in the church, one in the school gym and one in the chapel at the ...

The Vatican has published Pope Francis’ Christmas schedule for this year, which includes five special liturgies and prayers between Christmas Eve and the Solemnity of the Epiphany. During the ...

SAINT CLAIR – It was a day of joy in St. Michael the Archangel Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church on Monday as everyone celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord – Christmas – according to the ...

Villagers, donning capes made of banana leaves and mud, walk towards the church for a Mass to venerate their patron saint, John the Baptist, Friday, June 24, 2016 at Bibiclat, Aliaga township, Nueva ...

Today, the Holy Catholic Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Catholics all over the world rejoice as September 8 each year marks the memorable feast of the anniversary of the ...