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

The Smolka family explores how favorite Christmas carols stack up.

Father Doyle fields questions on how to ‘bless the Lord’ and sacrifice as a substitute for Friday abstinence.

We can find joy in what Christ is offering us in this unique and unusual Advent of 2020.

Paul McMullen ponders those who have gone before us, holding on to hope for eternal life.

I had promised my sons a fishing trip, and we were determined to go.

It’s not every day that you turn 11 on the 11th.

The Advent season is a reminder that our own childlike faith can hardly imagine what God has in store for us.

“Every day is the same,” one of my boys said sadly the other day.

Constant tears can signal depression and are not good signs. But tears that spring forth in solidarity with the suffering, that draw us closer to the kingdom Jesus came to call forth, those can be good tears.