• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to footer
Catholic Review

Catholic Review

Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Menu
  • Home
  • News
        • Local News
        • World News
        • Vatican News
        • Obituaries
        • Featured Video
        • En Español
        • Sports News
        • Official Clergy Assignments
        • Schools News
  • Commentary
        • Contributors
          • Question Corner
          • George Weigel
          • Elizabeth Scalia
          • Michael R. Heinlein
          • Effie Caldarola
          • Guest Commentary
        • CR Columnists
          • Archbishop William E. Lori
          • Rita Buettner
          • Christopher Gunty
          • George Matysek Jr.
          • Mark Viviano
          • Father Joseph Breighner
          • Father Collin Poston
          • Robyn Barberry
          • Hanael Bianchi
          • Amen Columns
  • Entertainment
        • Events
        • Movie & Television Reviews
        • Arts & Culture
        • Books
        • Recipes
  • About Us
        • Contact Us
        • Our History
        • Meet Our Staff
        • Photos to own
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • CR Media platforms
        • Electronic Edition
  • Advertising
  • Shop
        • Purchase Photos
        • Books/CDs/Prayer Cards
        • Magazine Subscriptions
        • Archdiocesan Directory
  • CR Radio
        • CR Radio
        • Protagonistas de Fe
  • News Tips
  • Subscribe

Christmas

Christmas gifts and memories in the making (7 Quick Takes)

December 28, 2023
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

What a whirlwind Christmas is every year! When our children were younger, I felt more pressure to make sure Christmas was magical. Celebrating Christmas with teens means this season is still magical, but in a different way.

Twist! A Christmas resolution for this New Year’s

December 28, 2023
By Greg Erlandson
OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary

This Christmas season, let our New Year’s resolution be to celebrate Christmas a wee bit longer than 24 hours.

Radio Interview: The Incarnation and the Meaning of Christmas

December 27, 2023
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview

What is the meaning of the Incarnation and the significance of Christmas? Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Father Tyler Kline about how we take the message of Christmas and apply it to our lives every day, not just during the Christmas season.

Pope’s Christmas message: Say ‘yes’ to the Prince of Peace, ‘no’ to war

December 27, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Celebrating the birth of Jesus, the prince of peace, should mean making a commitment to opposing all war, to cherishing human life, feeding the hungry and speaking up for those who have no voice, Pope Francis said.

Maryland parish’s living Nativity offers reminder ‘the Lord still comes’

December 27, 2023
By Mark Zimmermann
OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

The Nativity — the gift of Jesus to the world on Christmas — was brought to life in a poignant way Dec. 24 during a living Nativity outside St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring.

‘Jesus, you take over,’ papal envoy cried out in Bethlehem amid wartime Christmas celebrations

December 27, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News

Christmas in Bethlehem was celebratory but not as festive as usual this year, given the outbreak of war in the Holy Land two-and-a-half months ago.

At Christmas, God shows love through ‘littleness,’ not power, pope says

December 27, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

More than two millennia after the Holy Family was denied a room at the inn and Jesus was born in a manger, war once again renders his birthplace in the Holy Land inhospitable, Pope Francis said.

At Christmas, God shows love through ‘littleness,’ not power, pope says

December 24, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

More than two millennia after the Holy Family was denied a room at the inn and Jesus was born in a manger, war once again renders his birthplace in the Holy Land inhospitable, Pope Francis said.

Welcome Jesus into the manger of your heart, papal preacher says

December 22, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The first step toward keeping Christ in Christmas is for Christians to make room for him in their hearts, the preacher of the papal household told Pope Francis and top Vatican officials.

Despite difficult Christmas season in Bethlehem devoid of tourists, local Christians have hope

December 21, 2023
By Judith Sudilovsky
OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

Now, the streets of Bethlehem — normally filled with pilgrims at this time of the year — are empty, and many stores and restaurants dependent on tourism are closed.

Good, hidden deeds are a service to the church, pope tells employees

December 21, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Like God’s decision to be born in a manger tucked away from the world, good deeds done in silence can express God’s love wherever they are performed, Pope Francis said.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul groups’ personal charity shows neighbors ‘this is Christmas’

December 20, 2023
By Robert Alan Glover
OSV News
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

A dedicated group of Catholic — and non-Catholic — volunteers is showing how the Christmas joy of helping the less fortunate lasts all year round.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 16
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Our Vision

Real Life. Real Faith. 

Catholic Review Media communicates the Gospel and its impact on people’s lives in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond.

Our Mission

Catholic Review Media provides intergenerational communications that inform, teach, inspire and engage Catholics and all of good will in the mission of Christ through diverse forms of media.

Contact

Catholic Review
320 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
443-524-3150
mail@CatholicReview.org

 

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent

  • Poll: Record-high percentage of U.S. adults say immigration good for country
  • Scopes Monkey Trial ignited century-long debate on evolution and belief 
  • Patriarchs support Christian communities attacked by Israeli settlers in solidarity visit
  • Pope Leo visits Italian Carabinieri station, Poor Clares during summer break
  • 1 officer dead, 3 seminarians kidnapped after attack on Nigerian seminary
  • Trump administration to appeal after judge blocks ICE detentions based on race
  • Remember common decency in immigration enforcement
  • Sponsors – for life
  • Listen for God this summer

Search

Membership

Catholic Media Assocation

Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association

The Associated Church Press

© 2025 CATHOLIC REVIEW MEDIA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

en Englishes Spanish
en en