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Christmas

Celebrate God, every day

December 27, 2020
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Every day we can celebrate the God who comes to us in others, and in the events of life.

Pope on Christmas: Share hope, promote peace, give vaccine to all

December 25, 2020
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

On a Christmas like no other, Pope Francis prayed for people who could not be with their families because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he urged everyone to recognize and help those who are suffering even more.

Pope at Christmas: Jesus’ birth brings hope in troubling times

December 24, 2020
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The birth of Christ is a gift from God that brings people hope and courage in troubled times, Pope Francis said Christmas Eve.

Great Christmas carols you may not have heard

December 24, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Narthex

George Matysek picks some of his favorite Christmas carols you may never have heard.

Brighten the tangled night

December 24, 2020
By Father Joseph Breighner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

We Christians believe that God has entered into this world of fear.

Chalk Talk: Epiphany door blessing is symbol of hope in 2021

December 23, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The blessing involves taking simple chalk, usually blessed by a parish priest, and scrawling doorways with symbolic numbers and letters – this year, “20+C+M+B+21.”

Nativity light-sound show projected on U.S. cathedral called joyful, hopeful

December 22, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

The gentle and hopeful show came as the nation grapples with COVID-19, stark political divisions and racial tensions brought by the death of George Floyd.

Holy Family Parish brings Christmas cheer to Baltimore’s northwest suburbs

December 21, 2020
By Kevin J. Parks
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News

In a normal Christmas, the charity drive helps about 60 families. With COVID-19 increasing the number of households in need, this year it helped nearly 80, and directed a query from Rockville to local resources in Montgomery County.

RADIO INTERVIEW: Christmas Joy with Father John Catoir

December 21, 2020
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Advent, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview

On the Dec. 20 episode of Catholic Review Radio, Christopher Gunty interviews Father John Catoir, the longtime host of the TV show, “Christopher Closeup.”

New Year’s Eve service at St. Ignatius Parish goes virtual

December 21, 2020
By Mary K. Tilghman
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

Prayers, blessings and reflections from Baltimore-area religious and civic leaders, filmed in their own houses of worship and offices, have been gathered, for one last look at 2020 before stepping into 2021.

Christmas is sign of God’s preferential love for the poor, cardinal says

December 18, 2020
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Reaching out to and helping the poor “is to imitate God; it is to make oneself small out of love in order to raise up the other,” the preacher of the papal household told Pope Francis, officials of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees.

What’s your favorite Christmas film?

December 17, 2020
By Paul McMullen
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Christmas, Commentary, Feature

Paul McMullen shares some of the Catholic Review’s all-time favorite Christmas movies.

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