Although Catholics tend to celebrate the holidays in their own singular fashion, the message of hope and love during the ...

A Catholic choir led by Father Patrick Baretta brought Christmas carols to St. James Hospital in Butte, spreading joy to patients and staff.

In some denominations, Advent is also celebrated by the lighting of an Advent wreath, which represents Jesus coming as a ...

The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors the Blessed Virgin Mary through a Mass celebrated at dawn, in ...

3. Hang new curtains: The room of one’s heart is now ready: unforgiveness and cobwebs have been cleared out. Now it is time ...

Many parish volunteers are hard at work decorating their church as they’ve done for years, while others place laser-focus on ...

O Lord, How Shall I Meet You” is a perfect Lutheran hymn for the weeks before Christmas, but shoppers will never hear it ...

With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas on ...

Most Americans these days know Advent as a sort of countdown to the Christmas-shopping deadline, fueled by Christmassy songs on the radio and in stores and punctuated by office parties and reminders ...

With the Vatican's Nativity scene and huge Christmas tree glittering in the Roman sun behind him, David Henrie reflected on ...

In the Advent season, memories rise to the surface like so many twinkling lights on the tree. We remember those we love who have passed, the happy Christmases, the sad ones. We remember the house wher ...