With the Holy Year 2025 beginning on Christmas Eve, the Vatican's 2024 Christmas stamps feature the Jubilee message of hope as well as a prayer for peace.

You’ve sung them while clutching cups of hot cocoa. You’ve heard them played in shopping malls. But do you know how some of ...

An early-morning fire on Oct. 18 damaged St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Casa Grande, Arizona. Read more ...

New Zealand hymn writer Shirley Erena Murray’s life and work is celebrated in a new biography by Anne Manchester: Peace is Her Song. You can hear hymns by Shirley Murray in this week’s programme. Read ...

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Fearing a violent backlash from Puritan settlers, Andros was flanked by redcoats as he prayed and sang Christmas hymns. Did the Puritans finally relent? Not at all. They kept up their boycott of ...

Celebrate the Lord, the Christmas season, and the community at St. Francis of Assisi’s Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the school gym. The event will feature ...

The **Nativity Fast**, one of the four main fasting periods in the Orthodox Church, begins on **November 15** and ends on ...

Join Holy Innocents Parish for their third annual Multicultural Christmas Concert on Friday ... the news people need to know about the Catholic Church, especially in the Philadelphia region ...

Many Christians engage in acts of kindness, charity, or volunteer work during this season. Christmas Hymns: Singing hymns and carols that focus on the themes of Advent and Christmas is a common ...

Twinkling lights, enticing aromas, Christmas music and a fairytale ambience: the festive season is particularly magical in Switzerland. Whether you’re wandering around a Christmas market, enjoying a ...

Ninth St. It is sponsored annually by the Thursday Music Club. Christmas hymns will be sung by all. There will be a free will offering to send area students to the summer International Music Camp.