“Dear friends, Advent is the season of the presence and expectation of the eternal. For this very reason, it is in a ...

The goal of Advent is to grow in holiness, to grow closer to the Holy family and become a holy family ourselves. Christ is ...

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

It was for them a kind of Advent. The disciples of John the Baptist were eager to see the Messiah. The story Matthew tells is ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass ...

Our consumer culture says "party all the time." But Advent songs emphasize the darkness that comes before the light.

Bishop Michael Duca granted a dispensation from Sunday Mass for immigrants fearing deportation in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, ...

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." ...

The prayer campaign this month, which invokes the grace of reconciliation, focuses on loved ones who are inactive in their ...

More than three months after losing its Sunday Mass, the Sacred Heart of Jesus community is hoping the service will be ...

Preparing the way of the Lord means taking concrete steps to help usher in God's kingdom of peace, Pope Leo XIV said on his first Advent Sunday back at the Vatican after his trip to Turkey and Lebanon ...

Advent is the season of hope, and it is bolstered by the opportunity for repentance. On the Second Sunday of Advent, Msgr. Joseph Prior echoes the cry of St. John the Baptist to repent from sin and ...