Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary, Question Corner
There are no strict right or wrong answers as to when a Catholic should put up or take down a Christmas tree.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
On the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi setting up the first Nativity scene, the creche in St. Peter’s Square in 2023 will come from the Diocese of Rieti, Italy, and pay tribute to the scene set up in the diocese in 1223.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview
The Holy Family holds lessons for all of us about how to pray, how to trust in God and live in love.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
The birth of Jesus in a stable “shows us God’s ‘style,’ which is closeness, compassion, and tenderness,” Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims at his weekly general audience.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News
In the midst of the multiday blizzard that paralyzed parts of western New York, Father Seil, chaplain for the Buffalo Fire Department, had to evacuate the rectory at his parish in the city’s Old First Ward neighborhood on Christmas Eve, then spent the night aboard the department’s fire boat and celebrated a short Mass Christmas morning for crewman Jack Kelleher.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News
Parishes throughout the archdiocese faced some unusual challenges with temperatures in the teens and wind-chill temperatures in the single digits during Christmas weekend.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News
Intermittent electricity and air raid sirens cannot and should not stop Ukrainians from celebrating the birth of Jesus, said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News
The day after Christmas the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, which emphasizes how the story of Jesus’ birth is not a “fairy tale,” but a call to live as witnesses of the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
We can see the passing years and decades as simply growing older. Or we can see the passing years and decades as growing toward eternity.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
With the birth of Jesus, God became flesh to share the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of all people, especially the poor and those living daily amid danger, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
Christ was born to touch people’s hearts and show that love is the power that changes the course of history, Pope Francis said.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News
The Christmas song “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”) may have put the town of Oberndorf, Austria, on the map, but it’s the chapel memorializing the beloved carol that is the town’s main attraction.
