Advent candles. / Romolo Tavini/Shutterstock
CNA Newsroom, Dec 3, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Advent begins this year on Sunday, Dec. 3. Most Catholics, even those who don’t often go to Mass, know that Advent involves a wreath with candles, possibly… […]
Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators look for evidence after a bomb attack at a Catholic Mass at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Lanao del sur province in the southern Philippines on Dec. … […]
In November 2022, Michigan voters adopted a state constitutional amendment enshrining a fundamental right to “reproductive freedom,” which includes abortion up to birth, sterilization, contraception, prenatal care, and infertility care. That December, pro-abortion Governor Gretchen […]
Dr. Holly Ordway has graced us with another wonderful addition to Tolkien scholarship. Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography is unique among biographies of Tolkien in that it does not focus so much on the man’s […]
For Advent 2023, Blessed Is She created a devotional for women called "Found." / Credit: Blessed Is She
CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
As we begin Advent and prepare for the birth of Christ in all the practical ways — gift b… […]
Altar of the Child Jesus and the relic of the manger in the Church of Saint Catherine (Basilica of the Nativity) in Bethlehem. / Credit: Magdala Center
CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Magdala Tourist Center, located in the biblical… […]
Pope Francis at his general audience on Nov. 22, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Dec 2, 2023 / 06:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis called the destruction of the environment “an offense against God” in a message given to the participants in th… […]
A religious sister from the Monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, hand-paints a pitcher. / Credit: Monastery of Bethlehem
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
For unique Christmas gifts that celebrate your Ca… […]
Science, we’re often told, gives us a description of the world radically at odds with common sense. Physicist Arthur Eddington’s famous “two tables” example illustrates the theme. There is, on the one hand, the table […]
On the Readings for Sunday, December 3, 2017, the First Sunday of Advent […]
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