In the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church, of which there are several ... Russell said he finds the Holy Supper of Christmas Eve to be especially poignant, saying that it is a “paradoxical ...

Pope Francis has proclaimed a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, which began on Dec. 24 ... following in Christ’s footsteps. On Christmas Eve 2024, Pope Francis inaugurated the current ...

For some Americans, Christmas ... Catholic mass celebrated on the day of Christ’s birth,” offers Andrade. “The name comes from the description of the mass celebrated in the Catholic Church ...

Though similar ritualized door openings took place on Christmas Eve last year at the ... embodies both the “universality” of the Catholic Church and the legacy of Pope Francis, who used ...