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Christmas

A New Year, more Christmas, and a surprise visitor (7 Quick Takes)

January 1, 2022
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

~1~ Happy New Year! I have never had much success with resolutions, but I do love setting the tone for the year. I let Jen Fulwiler’s Word of the Year generator choose a word for me—Hospitality—and her Saint of the Year generator pick a saint for me—St. Margaret of Antioch. Hospitality seems to bring its […]

Most popular stories, commentaries and podcasts of 2021 on CatholicReview.org

December 28, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Radio Interview

What were the most popular stories, commentaries and podcasts on CatholicReview.org in 2021? We have the list!

Christians in Bethlehem on Christmas: Tell the world we have joy

December 28, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The normal crowds of pilgrims and tourists may not have been able to come to Bethlehem for Christmas due to COVID-19 travel restrictions for a second year in a row, but local Palestinian Christians wanted to assure everyone that the Christmas spirit is still alive and well in the city of Jesus’ birth.

A partridge in a pear tree and other Christmas fun (7 Quick Takes)

December 26, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

Merry Christmas! Here are a few highlights of our Christmas celebration so far.

Pope at Christmas: ‘God comes into the world in littleness’

December 26, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The celebration of Christmas serves as a reminder that God did not reveal his greatness in a grand spectacle, but rather in the “littleness” of a poor, vulnerable child born in a stable in Bethlehem, Pope Francis said.

How can we be peacemakers in a divided world?

December 24, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate

In this Christmas season, Christians are often reminded that Christ is the “Prince of Peace” foretold by the prophet Isaiah. We sing songs of peace on earth and good will toward all. But what does it mean to be a peacemaker? What are practical ways to heal the divide?

A Child is born to us

December 24, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

There is nothing like the happy news of a brand-new baby.

The sacred earthiness of Christmas

December 24, 2021
By George Weigel
Syndicated Columnist
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Catholic Difference

“Besides the cradle in which our Lord, it is alleged, was rocked, is the stone manger of the grotto of Bethlehem. One of the stones of this manger is shown in the basilica of St. Maria Maggiore on the Esquiline, in the altar of the crypt of the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament.

When Christmas doesn’t go as planned

December 23, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

Whatever your Christmas looks like this year, I hope you find your way to the manger, and that you encounter moments of beauty, hope, and joy.

This year Catholics have a dual Mass obligation the weekend of Dec. 25-26

December 23, 2021
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

If you go to Christmas Mass on Saturday, do you still have to go to Sunday Mass the next day? Is Jan. 1, the solemnity of Mary, a holy day of obligation this year?

Jesus’ humble birth a reminder of God’s love for humanity, pope says

December 22, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The birth of the son of God in a humble stable, in the presence of both lowly shepherds and majestic Magi, is a “universal event that concerns all of humanity,” Pope Francis said.

A meditation on Mary’s heart at the Nativity

December 22, 2021
By Cassandra Palmer
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary

All along, Mary’s immaculate heart had always been fertile ground for God’s love to grow.

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