COMMENTARY: As the old year gives way to the new, it is timely to recall two important anniversaries of the venerable Marian ...

On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, and the first day of 2026, the Catholic Church offers the opportunity to obtain plenary ...

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Q: If the church’s new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) a holy day ...

I — like the rest of us — have been given a responsibility. Even if it’s just editing a small nonprofit newsroom, there’s ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

This richly illustrated nine-panel work in Prague’s Agnes Cloister emphasizes the humanity in the essential chapters of ...

Pilgrims and tourists are finally returning to the birthplace of Christianity for the first time since the war in Gaza broke ...

From Bethlehem to Beijing, people around the world are celebrating the Christmas season. A polar bear mascot boards an elevator during holiday revelry. Swimmers plunge into frigid waters off Northern ...

At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first, packed Christmas Eve Mass as leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.