As 2023 draws to a close, we recall major events that have happened this year in our church and world. In Rome, Catholic clergy and laypeople gathered at the Vatican Oct. 4-29 for a synod to discuss ...

Q: If the church’s new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) a holy day of obligation? A: You are ...

Do you have a favorite song that brings back to your heart precious events in your life that you want to keep alive? Praying the holy rosary is like singing your favorite song, every Hail Mary allows ...

Cairo — Every year on the first of June, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church and its members commemorate the holy family's escape to Egypt. According to the Biblical story, the Archangel Gabriel visited ...

A trip to Centerville yields the unexpected. William Joseph Chaminade, a Marianist Family co-founder, liked to visit a certain garden in Bordeaux. There he would go to a statue of Mary with her foot ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger – an animal feeding bin – ...

Although many Muslims do not celebrate Christmas, they celebrate Jesus and his birth in other ways. Every winter, I recall ...

The faithful around the world celebrate Holy Saturday on April 8, 2023. Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday, is the day that some believe Jesus — his body in his tomb — descended into hell for ...

A statue of Mary is seen outside the ancient grotto of Our Lady of Mantara in Maghdouché, Lebanon, April 30, 2021. It is the site where tradition says Mary waited for Jesus while he was preaching in ...

I’ve attended patriotic and homeschooling events with attendance, largely Protestant, where images of America’s Founding Fathers are revered. How would they have reacted to an image of the Blessed ...

Imagine being best friends with Jesus Christ while he walked the Earth. The saints we celebrate today had that opportunity. We know that Jesus encounters Mary, Martha and Lazarus on at least three ...