As we begin Advent and prepare for the birth of Christ in all the practical ways — gift buying, tree trimming, decorating, meal planning, and more — it’s important to prepare to welcome Jesus into our ...

“The liturgy of Advent nourishes our hope,” writes Cardinal Joseph Zen in Cardinal Zen’s Advent Reflections. Indeed! Read on for heartfelt and faith-filled reflections from the bishop emeritus of Hong ...

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There is an artistry, almost a forceful blank verse poetic quality to sections of the pope's Laudato Si' encyclical. What Pope Francis has been doing — to borrow from Sr. Wendy Beckett again — is "to ...

Four weeks of Advent leading up to Christ Incarnate’s entry into the world. Four weeks, each symbolized with a lighted candle, purple, purple, rose pink, purple. A time of waiting, a time of ...

Just last Sunday we completed another cycle of the Church’s liturgical year as we celebrated the Feast of Christ the King. And now we begin again, as we wait for Christ to return to us once more, as ...

Walk into any store around the holidays and chances are there's some form of an Advent Calendar for sale. There are hundreds of styles to choose from, but what exactly is Advent? Father Rob Mulderink, ...

Exiled Belarusian Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz will lead his flock in a virtual Advent retreat this month. The website of the Catholic Church in Belarus reported Dec. 1 that the archbishop will ...

[Editor’s Note: Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble is a religious sister with the Daughters of Saint Paul, a congregation founded by Blessed James Alberione to spread the Gospel using modern media. She is ...