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The contemplative Sisters of the Monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, support themselves by offering their hand-painted chinaware and other unique gifts for sale.

Christmas 2024: Handmade gifts from 14 Catholic monasteries

Dec 8, 2024

By Zelda Caldwell

A guide to some of our favorite handmade gifts to give and receive from religious communities and monasteries. Read more

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Firefighters run as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations as “life-threatening” winds whipped the region.

Wildfires in Los Angeles area level church, force school closures

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, New Jersey.

Cardinal Tobin announces synodal ‘pastoral conversion’ initiative for Archdiocese of Newark

Students at St. Dominic Academy in Auburn, Maine.

Catholics challenge Maine law excluding faith-based schools from tuition assistance program

A priest gives Communion to children at the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024.

U.S. bishops launch annual collection for Church in Latin America

Pope Francis greets young people gathered for his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Christians have a duty to prevent, condemn child exploitation

Sister Simona Brambilla, the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Here’s what to know about the first female Vatican prefect in the Catholic Church’s history

St. Francis Xavier statue in front St. Joseph Cathedral in Beijing, China, Feb. 25, 2016.

China’s oldest priest dies at 104: a life of faith amid 25 years of persecution

Parents protest the Montgomery County School Board's policy blocking them from opting out their children from pro-homosexual and transgender materials.

Poll finds most parents, including Catholics, oppose transgender ideology in schools

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Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas is the oldest person in the world.

116-year-old Brazilian nun is world’s oldest human being

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