Whatever you are facing in this season, however dark things might seem, remember that light has come and is coming again, and darkness cannot and will never overcome it. The beautiful inheritance we ...

The lack of church decor also teaches about the penitential nature of the season. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the ...

The weeks leading up to Christmas are typically a time of anticipation and preparation for Christians, but for some immigrant ...

During Advent, traditional reflections remind us that our call to evangelize involves waiting and anticipation. As we move ...

Despite 2025's global wars and crises, the season of Advent reveals how hope endures through the darkness, drawing on ...

In a world where wars, turbulence and insecurity rage in numerous locales, the Advent season is a time of stillness and contemplation, of silence and the hope for new birth. "For those in the ...

Advent is a season of expectation. In the liturgy of these weeks, a recurrent theme is God’s closeness to humanity. The Old ...

Dr. Toni Reaves of the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics leads “From the Manger to the Movement,” a four-week online exploration of the Christmas story and its links to universal themes of hope ...

This Advent season, a leading expert on Christian persecution around the world and religious freedom issues weighed in on how to stay rooted in faith and key values — and how to remain focused on the ...

Advent, the start of the church’s liturgical year, begins Sunday, Nov. 30. It is the season of preparation for Christ’s birth ...

I have always loved Advent. Even as a child, I was filled with the aching wonder of the season when my dad would lead us in singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel to the glow of the Advent wreath in the dark ...

As Advent unfolds in the far north, Bishop Erik Varden says the season's power lies not in cheerfulness but in hope -- "light shining at the darkest point of the night." ...