Christmas Day in Los Angeles County included the customary Masses and church services celebrating the birth of Jesus along ...

Luke's Gospel tells the most-beloved version of the story of Jesus' birth to the virgin Mary, from the angel Gabriel's ...

Mirror Mary and Joseph—and find that commitment and faith leads to a relationship of love makes God mirrored to the world.

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One significant character in the Nativity Scene is a weak and wonky emperor. Ideally, Augustus or Octavian could have granted “parental leave” for Mary and Joseph when he decreed a census to be ...

All truly great gifts are in their own ways revelations. They reveal the giver. This revelation is what the giver seeks; it is also what the recipient wants. Such revelation elevates the gift. It ...

Once upon a time, long, long ago, there lived a young lady named Mary. Mary was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph. Before they were wed, and while she was still a virgin, Mary was found to ...

So when someone wishes you a “Merry Christmas”, just know that’s a loaded statement.

COMMENTARY: Christmas is a celebration when the Church seeks to renew in every baptized Catholic the call to go out, to ...

Topper (as in Christmas tree-topper) Beth (short for Bethlehem) ...