After writing gift guides for some 20 years, Lori Hadacek Chaplin is still pleasantly surprised by the quality and creativity of Catholic artists, authors and entrepreneurs. For Our Sunday Visitor’s 2022 Advent and Christmas gift guide, she features items such as a
The week of Nov. 5-13 has been deemed the Box of Joy Week by Cross Catholic Outreach for groups around the U.S. that have been putting together small Christmas boxes for the world’s poorest children.
During that week, participants in the Box of
The Nativity scene that will sit under a 98-feet-tall silver fir tree in the middle of St. Peter’s Square this year will feature 19 life-sized figures carved in cedar by artisans in the northeastern Italian town of Sutrio. The tree comes from
Pope Francis told young musical artists to be original, creative and true to themselves and to use their talents to promote peace.
"Do not try to copy the big 'stars' of show business. Do not follow the trends and patterns of success," he
David Mills writes about a common criticism of Christmas — namely, that it seems too much like a fairy tale. He writes: “The Christmas story is a fairy tale. But critics don’t understand fairy tales, and they don’t understand the Christmas story
Before giving his Christmas blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Francis drew attention to the many places around the globe and within human hearts in need of Jesus, the prince of peace. "In the cold of the
The celebration of Christmas serves as a reminder that God did not reveal his greatness in a grand spectacle, but rather in the "littleness" of a poor, vulnerable child born in a stable in Bethlehem, Pope Francis said.
"Let us be amazed by
The birth of the son of God in a humble stable, in the presence of both lowly shepherds and majestic Magi, is a "universal event that concerns all of humanity," Pope Francis said.
During his weekly general audience Dec. 22, the pope said
Despite the continuing difficulties, Christmas in Gaza this year is filled with faith, hope and resilience, a Latin Patriarchate official said following a three-day pastoral visit.
"There is a different spirit. In other visits usually the first thing people say is if they
In a recent In Focus for Our Sunday Visitor, Leonard J. DeLorenzo writes about the joy and danger of Christmas. He writes: “The question at Christmas is not about whether God will act for us. The babe born of Mary is the