Christmas Day Reflection
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now...
December 2020
Irish Donkey Gets into the Spirit
A child in Galway, Ireland, is nuzzled by a donkey wearing a Santa hat, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Clodagh...
A Painting That Teaches the Nativity
A 14th-century altarpiece from Siena, Italy, tells the story of the Nativity in perfect visual terms, as Jem Sullivan explains....
Proclaim ‘Good News of Great Joy’!
The commercialism of Christmas can easily tempt us to become spiritually sidetracked. A barrage of commercials tries to sell the...
Pope: Christmas ‘hijacked’ by consumerist mentality
By Junno Arocho Esteves – While Christmas has become a universal holiday, even for many nonbelievers, its celebration always should focus...
A Christmas Wish
This is not the Christmas we envisioned for ourselves or our children. There’s no getting away from that, no matter...
Nativity light-sound Show Projected on US Cathedral
Elisabeth Holod of Assumption Parish in St. Paul has long been intrigued by light-sound shows and art history, and she...
The History of ‘Silent Night’
Translated into 140 languages, it may be the most famous Christmas hymn in the world. Günther Simmermacher looks at the history of ‘Silent Night’.
Christmas Miracle brings Light into our Lives
The birth of the Saviour is a miracle that brings us hope, as WINNIE GRAHAM explains. Christmas is a-coming, the...
