Pope John Paul II's schedule for December 2004 is, for the most part, a mirror image of preceding years: Mass for university students on Dec. 14, the blessing of the statues of baby Jesus brought to ...

My grade school (which I’ve mentioned in previous Scripture reflections) had an Advent/Christmas concert of sorts called the Service of Lights. It began with one student singing “O Come, O Come, ...

You can find today’s readings here. Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” (Luke 26:38) A blank sheet of paper. Every person I know panics ...

Pope Francis made an early-morning visit on Wednesday to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna. The Pope made the private visit shortly after 6am on Dec. 8, days after the ...

In a Dec. 8 statement marking the feast of the Immaculate Conception, President Donald Trump called it "a Holy Day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary, mother of Jesus and one of the ...

Students, faculty and guests at Archbishop Rummel High School celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception during the second week in Advent. This year, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception ...

ROME — For two years running, the Vatican has canceled Pope Francis' public ceremony in Rome's Piazza di Spagna to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in order to avoid crowds during the COVID ...

Filipinos should mark the feast day by looking to Mother Mary to intervene for victims of killings and forced disappearances A Marian procession of devotees dressed mostly in white parade around the ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the Dec. 8 feast day ...