A Christmas I Will Never Forget
COMMENTARY: A Polish Christmas Eve tradition, kept year after year, came to life in a way none of us expected.
Christmas and the Tyranny of the Possible
COMMENTARY: The Incarnation exposes how often ‘realism’ confuses political limits with divine possibility.
Our Christmas Mission
COMMENTARY: Christmas is a celebration when the Church seeks to renew in every baptized Catholic the call to go out, to announce, to witness, to share the joy that Jesus has brought into the world.
Carving Christmas: The Story Behind the South Carolina Life-Size Nativity
Learn about the painting that inspired a family’s sacred art.
Full Text: Pope Leo XIV’s Christmas Eve Homily
‘Let us marvel, dear brothers and sisters, at the wisdom of Christmas. In the Child Jesus, God gives the world a new life: his own, offered for all. He does not give us a clever solution to every problem, but a love story that draws us in. In response to the expectations of peoples, he sends a Child to be a word of hope.’
Pope Leo XIV: Christmas ‘Is a Feast of Hope’
Pope Leo XIV, at Christmas Mass during the night, said Christ’s birth brings light into the world’s darkness — and where the human person is welcomed, God is welcomed too.
Pope Leo XIV Revives Tradition During First Christmas of His Pontificate
Leo XIV will celebrate the Christmas Day Mass in the Vatican basilica, a custom that has not been observed since the pontificate of St. John Paul II.
Our Lady of Victory: Celebrating 100 Years of Venerable Nelson Baker’s Marian Basilica
This year, Christmas Mass at Our Lady of Victory in Lackawanna, New York, will celebrate the Nativity and the sacred edifice’s centennial anniversary, where ‘God’s Mother will befriend all.’
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The Knight Before Christmas
The Christmas story includes chivalry as well as shepherds, and knights in shining armor as well as wise men bearing gifts.