Editor’s note: The following homily was preached on the Second Sunday of Advent (December 4, 2022), at Mount Calvary Church in Baltimore (Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter). We have completed one-fourth of our […]
A bridge over the Mississippi River near St. Louis / Checubus / Shutterstock
St. Louis, Mo., Dec 4, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).
“Immaculate” is not a word most people would use to describe the Mississippi River’s famously muddy waters. But Father Ja… […]
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 4, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
An emeritus Texas bishop is highlighting an Advent message hidden in the O Antiphons — prayers that are recited or chanted in an ancient tradition l… […]
Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Dec. 26, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Dec 4, 2022 / 06:15 am (CNA).
St. John the Baptist reminds us that Advent is a privileged time to turn back toward God — something it is never too l… […]
A strange sense of beautiful abandonment accompanied me as I passed between the soundless cloisters of the Cistercian monastery Santa María la Real de Oseira in north-western Spain. One cloister was overrun with purple lavender flowers, […]
In Advent and Christmas our thoughts turn, naturally, to the baby Jesus and his Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Most people think this time of year is about the miraculous birth of Our Lord, Jesus […]
The Vatican’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 3, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Dec 3, 2022 / 13:10 pm (CNA).
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Vatican. A large hand-carved wooden nativity scene was unveiled i… […]
Pope Francis spent time in silent prayer in front of a nativity scene handmade by artisan craftsmen in Guatemala on Dec. 3, 2022. / Photo courtesy of the Embassy of Guatemala to the Holy See
Vatican City, Dec 3, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Fran… […]
Pope Francis celebrates the International Day of Disabled Persons at the Vatican on Dec. 3, 2022. / Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 3, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis celebrated the International Day of Disabled Persons on Saturday at the V… […]
A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier, from the Kobe City Museum collection. / Public Domain.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
How far would you go to serve God? Would you be willing to travel to t… […]
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