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Christmas

Pope to kids: Jesus loves you, wants you to love others

December 20, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

At a rather formal meeting in the Apostolic Palace and a more relaxed one with balloons and silly hats in the Vatican audience hall, Pope Francis told children that Christmas is a sign of how much God loves them, and they are called to share that love.

Second chances: Vatican Christmas stamps feature work of homeless artist

December 18, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Adam Piekarski, a homeless man from Lódz, Poland, never imagined that the sketches he would draw in his free time while waiting for the public showers near Bernini’s Colonnade would lead to the opportunity of a lifetime.

The joy of a Yankee swap

December 16, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

When I mentioned that I was participating in two Yankee gift swaps this week, my family didn’t sound that enthusiastic.

An unexpected Christmas gift

December 14, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, The Domestic Church

Whether we have recognized how God is at work in our lives or missed some of the clues, Jesus will be waiting for us to come running to meet him in the manger on Christmas morning.

RADIO INTERVIEW: Christmas music and the power of song in times of plague

December 13, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Colleges, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview

Dr. Remi Chiu, a musicologist at Loyola University Maryland shares insights about Christmas music and the historic power of music in times of plague and pandemic.

St. Isaac Jogues’ St. Monica Ministry bearing ‘overwhelming’ fruit

December 13, 2021
By Gerry Jackson
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized

Parishioners of St. Isaac Jogues have discovered that big things can indeed start in small ways.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, ‘Star of New Evangelization,’ unites cultures

December 11, 2021
By Priscila González de Doran
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Saints

Our Lady of Guadalupe has united cultures throughout the centuries ever since she first appeared in a series of apparitions in 1531.

Christmas is time for sharing, not commercialism, pope says

December 10, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should evoke the joy and the peace of God’s love and not the selfish indulgence of consumerism and indifference, Pope Francis said.

Find light in the darkness

December 7, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

Sometimes God taps you gently on the shoulder.

christmas tree with white lights

Discover joy on your Advent journey

December 4, 2021
By Rita Buettner
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Christmas, Commentary, Open Window

And there was so much grace. So much love. So much joy.

New Orleans billboard campaign reminds all to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’

December 3, 2021
By Peter Finney Jr.
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News

Eternal hope is the overarching message of Christmas: A child born in a barn changed the world.

‘Full of grace’

December 2, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Saints

We can never be the kind of missionary disciples our church needs if our lives are not set apart. For us to attract others to Christ, people must notice something different in us – a joy, a goodness and a love for God and others that makes people want to know more about what it means to be a Christian and how they, too, can encounter Christ.

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