Pope Francis’ Christmas Calendar
Pope Francis’ Christmas calendar of Masses and prayer services for December and January are a combination of annual Advent and...
Christmas
193 Nativity Scenes and Counting
BY SAM LUCERO Every Christmas season, Verna Bechards home is transformed into a gallery of Nativity sets. Scenes of the...
The Wondrous Babe in a Cave
A Christmas story by Fr Ralph de Hahn When twins Sally and Molly Kenny went missing, Mom knew where to...
Reach out with Love for Others
The greatest gift we receive at Christmas is the one we receive every year: Jesus Christ. And with that gift...
Being God’s slave sets you free
The great lesson of Christmas is that by being slaves to God, we are set free, as CATHERINE DE VALENCE...
The story behind ‘Joy to the World’ carol
At Christmas we sing ‘Joy To The World’, an accidental Christmas carol written over two centuries in two continents by...
What nuns and priests do for Christmas
Christmas time is traditionally spent with family and friends, but what of those in religious life who may be far...
Biographies of Christmas Carols
Christmas carols: we sing them in church, we hear them piped in the shops, we may have CDs of Josh...
The surprising silence of Christmas
I have never really been a fan of Christmas, but there is one year in particular that sends me down...
