Archive for December 23, 2020

Pope Francis at his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Dec. 16, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis: 'Christmas is the feast of love incarnate'

Pope Francis said Wednesday that Christmas brings joy and strength that can remove the pessimism that has spread in human... Read more

Nativity scene commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV in 1292. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

First known nativity scene figurines can now be seen in St. Mary Major Basilica

The first known nativity scene figurines are on display this Christmas in one of Rome’s oldest basilicas.  Read more

Alex Padilla, who has been designated to fill California's vacant US Senate seat, speaks at the 2019 state Democratic Convention. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

New California senator backed by pro-abortion, pro-LGBT groups

The new California senator who will fill the seat vacated by Kamala Harris has been endorsed by pro-abortion and pro-LGBT... Read more

rchbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev prays outside the Akrestsin Street pre-trial detention center in Minsk, Aug. 19, 2020. Credit: Catholic.by.?w=200&h=150

Exiled Belarusian archbishop will be allowed to return for Christmas

Belarusian authorities announced Tuesday that Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, who was exiled in August, will be permitted to return... Read more

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The cover image for the podcast “A Christmas Carol: An Audio Advent Calendar,” produced by The Merry Beggars.

‘A Christmas Carol’ audio drama for Advent climbs the podcast charts

Advent wreath St. Catherine's Church in Bethlehem

The beauty and power of the O Antiphons

Pope Francis presides over Holy Mass on Gaudete Sunday on the island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024

Pope Francis praises faith of Catholics in French Corsica

St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia.

‘Reverently awe-inspiring’: The story behind twin Catholic parishes in Virginia, Maryland

The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast, a drop of milk fell to the ground, turning the stone completely white.

Bethlehem’s ‘Milk Grotto’: A pilgrimage site of hope for families seeking miracles

Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92   

Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas Concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

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Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

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