In his Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus (1974), Pope St. Paul VI writes:. The Christmas Season is a prolonged commemoration of the divine, virginal and salvific Motherhood of her whose ...

For many, Christmas mass in and around Baltimore was noticeably different this year. Some went to mass at a new church. Many churches - dozens, in fact - were closed altogether, as part of planned ...

The “Alma Redemptoris Mater” is used from the beginning of Advent through Feb. 2, and so Candlemas has come to be associated with the close of the Christmas season.

While most of the world has concluded its Christmas celebrations and is focused on the excitement of the new year, the Christmas season is not over yet as 12% of the world's Christians, or about ...

Throughout the Christmas season, religious communities around the world celebrate traditions that draw them closer to the mystery of the Incarnation. Through rituals and cultural celebrations ...

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 3, 2024 / 16:25 pm. The leader of the Chavista (socialist) dictatorship in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced this week the beginning of the Christmas season in the ...

The Catholic Charities Giving Tree at the Mall of America is a 32-year-old tradition where people can simply pick an item from the tree to support those in need.

The Philippines is known for its monthslong Christmas celebrations starting in September. The heavily Catholic country of nearly 120 million people is serious about the festive season. However ...

It wasn’t really Christmas until the Greyhound bus arrived in Norman in the late afternoon hours on Christmas Day. That’s when an aunt, one of two Catholic nuns in the ...