VATICAN CITY — This Advent, choose prayer and charity over consumerism, Pope Francis said Sunday in his first Mass of the liturgical year. “Resist the dazzling lights of consumption, which will shine ...

Advent began this last Sunday. Most of us have an intuitive understanding of Advent, based on experience, but what do the Church's official documents actually say about Advent? Here are some of the ...

The Cathedral Church of the Advent, the Episcopal cathedral in downtown Birmingham, has struck a deal with the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama to change its liturgy and stop withholding funds that could ...

A prelate blesses the coffin during the funeral ceremony for Cardinal Jozef Tomko presided by Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. (Credit: Gregorio ...

They’re waiting. And that’s all that they do. They wait. And they wait. They talk while they wait. They sing some. They dream. They even dance a bit, as they continue to wait. When Estragon suggests ...

This article was originally posted December 6, 2002. I confess: as an adolescent, when my parents tried to impress on my two brothers and me the importance and the intricacies of Advent observance, I ...

Advent is a season in which memory, time, and expectation are fused in surprising ways. It calls us to look back to the past, forward to the future, upwards to heaven, and downwards to earth. It is a ...

SPRINGFIELD—"The Lord be with you," the priest will still say in the greeting at Mass. But the people's response will now be "and with your spirit," not "and also with you." So will begin the changes ...