Since five innovative Missionary Hubs were planted in the Catholic Church of Philadelphia last year, they are starting to ...

Benedict noted in one Angelus address: “The Beatitudes are the transposition of the Cross and Resurrection into discipleship.

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 25, ...

There is no reason that Ordinary Time must be ordinary. It can be special if we use it to deepen our experience of the ...

In Yangon, where many elderly face isolation amid social and political uncertainty, Catholic youth marked the close of the ...

Today, our Advent time of waiting turns the final corner, and the promise of light in darkness begins to sparkle on our horizon. Our readings speak of signs that proclaim God’s love — God’s closeness, ...

Always on the Sunday after Christmas we keep the feast of the Holy Family. In this feast, the Catholic Church, I think, simply wants our Christmas adoration, our meditation, to linger. The Church ...

Gaudete Sunday always startles me a little. Liturgically, we are still in the “preparation” weeks of Advent — still waiting, still watching, still carrying what has not yet been resolved — and ...

Advent “Coming” begins a new liturgical year for the Church and celebrates three comings of Christ: His birth into history 2000 years ago, which split time into BC/AD (contemplate that); his coming at ...

Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer star in a scene from the movie “The Man Who Invented Christmas.” The OSV News classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of ...