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BY GINA LOEHR The joy of Christmas is best understood by children. Excused from the stress of planning, blissfully unaware of the expenses of gift-giving and the labor of holiday …

From Adrian Lawson of Sips with Serra…

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on December 26, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 26, …

Baby Jesus COMMENTARY: My favorite part of the day was when I would lie beneath the tree, gazing upwards at the bubble lights. I cupped the Baby Jesus from the …

(See the readings for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph) The commercial came on the television. It showed short video clips of a man and …

null / Credit: FotoDax/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Amid heavy immigration enforcement by the Trump administration, several bishops in the U.S. have recently issued broad …

On leaving Rome in 1223, St. Francis of Assisi made for the Rieti Valley and back to the hermitage of Fonte Columbo, where he had written his rule. It was …

As the year ends, much of American democracy seems to be in ruins with self-inflicted devastation, writes NCR’s Michael Sean Winters. 

St. Stephen Feast date: Dec 26 Just after Christmas, the Catholic Church remembers its first martyr, and one of its first deacons, Saint Stephen. Roman Catholics celebrate his feast Dec. …

Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God! Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Lord, do not hold this sin against …