On a Christmas like no other, Pope Francis prayed for people who could not be with their families because of the COVID-19 pandemic and urged everyone to recognize and help those who are suffering even more.
Pope on Christmas: Share hope, promote peace, give vaccine to all
Christmas ‘hijacked’ by consumerist mentality, pope says
Christmas must not be confused with “ephemeral things” that reduce the celebration of Christ’s birth “to a merely sentimental or consumerist festival,” the pope said Dec. 23 during his weekly general audience.
New Jersey parishes find creative new ways to engage Catholics this Christmas
Tickets for Masses, virtual holiday concerts, video Christmas cards, and drive-by Nativity scenes: It’s beginning to look a lot like a different sort of Christmas.
Meditating with Giorgione’s painting ‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’
Art invites us to look at Scripture in new ways. Nativity scenes usually focus on the Holy Family, but this painting focuses on the shepherds, centered in the middle of the painting.
Contemplating the closeness of the Incarnation in a year of separation
“How could we possibly find God in the suffering of separation, especially in a season that for many us is often spent in closeness with others?”
Father Richard Malloy: Christmas prayer: ‘Do you want to hold him?’
“What’s the best Christmas prayer you have ever experienced?”
Greg Erlandson: Calling a truce in the war on holly jolly
“The holly jolly is all the accoutrement of Christmas that has virtually nothing to do with the Christ Child’s arrival. It is all the stuff that, well, really ticked off the Grinch.”
Sweet Christmas cookie tradition connects members of Alexandria community
For nearly 30 years, the Cookie Connection tradition has brought Christmas cheer to the homebound or those unable to bake. This year, however, the tradition changed due to COVID-19 restrictions.