Pope on Christmas: Share hope, promote peace, give vaccine to all
By Cindy Wooden – On a Christmas like no other, Pope Francis prayed for people who could not be with their...
Christmas
The Death of the Old Order
By the late Owen Williams St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), preaching his sixth sermon for Christmas Eve, took as his...
Joseph, Mary & Jesus
Günther Simmermacher looks at the life & times of the Holy Family – The Bible is not generous with biographical...
Christmas Day Reflection
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go now...
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...
