Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary
Advent and Christmas are the appropriate times to meditate on the deep mysteries of the Incarnation. May the Child Jesus and his Blessed Mother be your guides.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, Pope Francis nevertheless blessed the baby Jesus figurines children and adults will put in their Nativity scenes — and he brought one of his own as well.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary
I don’t know about you, but I make a point of giving “A Christmas Carol” a fresh reading every year, and it never disappoints.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News
Father Josef Mohr (1792-1848) was the pastor of St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Obendorf, Austria. In 1816 he composed the six verse lyrics to “Silent Night,” which would become one of the most popular Christmas carols of all time.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bishops, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News
A list of where and when the bishops of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will celebrate Christmas Masses.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary
Even today, when our virtual “connections” have led to the widespread destruction of face-to-face and day-to-day literal connections, our hearts still long for the ties that George Bailey strained so long against.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Christmas, Commentary
Maybe silence, especially at a time of the year so filled with what the Grinch referred to as “NOISE, NOISE, NOISE” can be the way we can encounter Christ in a more meaningful way.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Missions, News, World News
In Haiti, where insecurity has devastated daily life since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, many religious groups are striving to celebrate Christmas amid growing chaos.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Conflict in the Middle East
The small, struggling city where Jesus Christ was born holds a deeper urgency — and a quiet, heartbreaking beauty.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News
Though we may know the first verse and the refrain of a number of Christmas carols, do we know the origin of these songs we sing each December?
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OSV News
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary
Keeping Christ in Christmas, or in any other day for that matter, is really the challenge of a eucharistic lifestyle. Our words are meaningless and empty when they are not upheld by our personal conformity in all we think, say and do.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
It’s a tough time to be a Catholic parent these days. While there are some young adults who are embracing their Catholicism, often even its most traditional manifestations, the much larger number of Catholic younger adults have at best a tenuous connection with the faith of their father and mother.
