As a campus minister, I have been preparing for the season of Advent for several weeks now, and it was those reflections that came to the front of my mind as I sat in my doctor's office last month. On ...

Pope Francis welcomed the recent Lebanon-Israel cease-fire while urging the faithful to “stand erect and raise your heads” amid global turmoil during his Sunday Angelus address. Speaking to pilgrims ...

Let's face it, the Christmas season comes at us hard and fast — and early! And once it does, it's full-on immersion: food, songs, shopping, decorations, parties, school concerts and presents — "not ...

(RNS) — ‘We live in a world where religion is too often used to justify wars and atrocities,’ the pope said. (RNS) — As December begins, we want to start looking forward to celebrating a joyful ...

Advent candles and a wreath help bring focus to the time before the coming of our Lord. Each candle represents a week of Advent. The rose candle is for Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, a ...

Amid ongoing Israel-Gaza war, Christmas in Bethlehem and the Holy Land in 2023 will be one of solemnity, prayer and fasting A nun crosses herself as she descends to enter the crypt of the grotto, ...

(RNS) — Isaiah would ask why we continue spending billions of dollars for weapons and tax cuts while cutting aid to the hungry, the sick, the unemployed and victims of wars and climate disasters. (RNS ...