Saint of the day December 27: Saint John the Evangelist. Catholic Saints
On Sunday, when the news arrived that Jesus’ tomb was empty, John ran out with Peter because they thought the Master’s body had been stolen. When they arrived at the…
Did you know that A Charlie Brown Christmas includes a Gospel passage?
“They said, ‘This will probably be the last (‘Peanuts’ special). But we have it scheduled for next week, so we have to air it,'” the Post notes. Because CBS had…
Children are prohibited from celebrating Christmas in Chinese province
By Eduardo Berdejo December 26, 2023 / 01:38 PM The authorities of the Chinese province of Baoding applied severe “security” measures to discourage the participation of Catholics in religious celebrations…
Pope Francis entrusts the invocation of peace to Saint Stephen
By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú December 26, 2023 / 08:08 AM After the Marian prayer of the Angelus on December 26, Pope Francis renewed his desire for peace and good “that springs…
Christmas 2023: This is how you can offer your Christmas for persecuted Christians
“Let us pray especially for the hearts that are full of hatred and resentment. May the Lord mitigate the desire for revenge and inspire forgiveness and reconciliation in hearts,” says…
Christmas 2023 in the Sanctuary of Fátima: God comes as light, life and word
By Walter Sánchez Silva December 25, 2023 / 06:02 PM The rector of the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Fátima in Portugal, Fr. Carlos Cabecinhas, stated in the homily of…
How to live Christmas every day of the year? Priests give these advice
“We are the first who have to bear witness in an environment where people are delighted by that spirit of Christmas, but it is staying on the surface. And as…
Cardinal Sturla: Declaration on the blessing of homosexual couples was not a topic for Christmas 2023
“It is not licit to impart a blessing to relationships, or even stable couples, that involve sexual praxis outside of marriage (that is, outside the indissoluble union of a man…
Christmas 2023 in Bethlehem, Holy Land: Cardinal encourages forgiveness to end war Israel – Hamas
By Walter Sánchez Silva December 25, 2023 / 11:07 AM In his Christmas Eve homily in Bethlehem this Christmas 2023, Sunday, December 24, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,…
Christmas Message 2023 Pope Francis: Christ was born for you! Rejoice because you are not alone
The Holy Father pleaded “that military operations cease, with their dramatic consequences of innocent civilian victims, and that the desperate humanitarian situation be remedied by allowing the arrival of aid.”…