While many parishes held early morning services, other advocacy organizations organized vigils in honor of the symbolic ...

President Donald Trump issues a statement on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, honoring the Virgin Mary's yes that ...

An old man once told me, “Son, the lighter your load, the stronger your stride.” Now I’m that old man and I’m grateful for ...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next alongside a Christmas tree during an event at the White House in Washington Dec. 5, ...

Today, I recognize every American celebrating December 8 as a Holy Day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary, mother of Jesus and one of the ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the ...

Thought to have originated in southern Italy, the feast also known as La Vigilia — the Vigil, or Eve — reflects the Catholic ...

On Timaeus in Paradise: Metaphors and Beauty from Plato to Dante and Beyond, by Piero Boitani.

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...

Our Lady of Guadalupe was an important symbol for ordinary mestizo people seeking to reconcile their Aztec and Spanish ...

Catholics celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary, with the caption “Happy birthday, Mary!” I wish I could say Guadalupe is ...