Now that my Christmas is more secular — my bond with the Catholic Church faded over the years of cascading pedophilia scandals — I miss the rituals, choirs and incense.

Jerusalem, Dec 22, 2024 / 06:00 am. As Christmas approaches, the Latin Church of the Holy Family in Gaza is alive with activity. “In these dark days, we wanted to offer a sign of hope ...

Christmas festivities in Bethlehem have been toned down for a second year running due to the ongoing war in Gaza. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest representative of the Catholic ...

With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh province, the only one under ultraconservative Islamic law in the world's ...

St. Peter Catholic Church in Pine Bluff was privileged to witness “something seldom seen by Catholics,” according to Bishop Anthony B. Taylor: the consecration of an altar. Saturday, March 24 ...