Q: If the church’s new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) a holy day ...

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The Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) is calling on all Roman Catholics throughout the region to observe Thursday as a ...

As the Church ponders the meaning of the birth of Christ our Hope in Bethlehem, she is able to draw even greater hope from ...

Olivia B. Waxman wrote in a TIME article: “The first New Year’s Eve countdown can arguably be traced to the final seconds of ...

Now, in this Christmas Octave, we are invited to join in their eternal song as we venerate the Christ Child and draw close to the Holy Family. One beautiful way to do this is to make space for silence ...

Jesus is even identified as the “son of Mary” in the Qur’an (Q 19:34), a subversion of the typical patriarchal naming ...

Father or Leader. Our help is in the name of the Lord. All. Who hath made Heaven and earth. Antiphon (all). All the trees of the wood shout for joy before the Lord, for He comes. Psalm 95 (divide the ...

The beginning of January is when many people traditionally resolve to start a new, though sometimes challenging, habit and ...

Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan on Wednesday extended New Year greetings to the nation on the advent of 2026, expressing the hope that the year would usher in prosperity, ...

Friends say they know Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez by his intellect, his smile, his love of music and his ability to ...

Michael Felsen The Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C., serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor. Its dedicated employees implement and enforce labor laws passed by Congress ...