God of every nation and people, from the very beginning of creation you have made known your love: when our need for a Savior was great you sent your Son to be born of the Virgin Mary. To our ...

Saint Francis of Assisi created the first Nativity Scene in Greccio in 1223, three years after his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. On the first day of Advent 2019, Pope Francis visited the Shrine to ...

Who made it and how did it get there? Nativity scenes depicting the birth of Christ are an indelible part of the Czech Christmas experience and almost every family has one –be it wood carved, made of ...

Even during his final hospitalization, Pope Francis made time for a daily phone call to Gaza’s only Catholic parish. His ...

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Pope Francis, who passed away at 88, leaves behind a legacy defined by his steadfast calls for peace and justice in Gaza.

Emerging from convalescence, pontiff, who missed most Holy Week events, sits in wheelchair on balcony of St. Peters Basilica ...

PHOENIXVILLE — As a lead-in to Holy Week and Easter, students from Holy Family School took part in a Living Stations of the Cross event, re-enacting the final week of the earthly life of Jesus ...

Pontiff had complex relationship with Jews and Israel; he denounced antisemitism and met hostages and their families, but ...

Going on pilgrimage often conjures images of the Holy Land and other far-flung destinations. But when Brian Rademacher ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa emphasized that Christ's resurrection was not just a celebration of life conquering death, ...