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Jesuit High School Jimmy Mitchell (front row, far left) leads a group of Jesuit students in a walking rosary after school. As his...

Teresa Tomeo The cave in Greccio where St. Francis made the first Nativity scene. Even if you won’t be able to visit Italy next y...

Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News The Holy Door of the Jubilee “represents Jesus, the door of salvation open to all,” Pope Francis noted. Th...

Vatican Media Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, officially launching...

Wikimedia Commons The Carmelites of Compiègne facing the guillotine. Illustration taken from Louis David, O.S.B., 1906. COMMENTARY...

CBS In the beloved TV special, Linus shares the true meaning of Christmas. How a pure and simple speech from a cartoon child insp...

Deacon Frank Davis serves as Gabriel Gruenewald’s confirmation sponsor, in 2019, as Auxiliary Bishop George Sheltz of the Archdiocese of Gal...

Daniel Ibáñez Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi address in St. Peter's Square, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 The Pope delivered hi...

The early-18th-century Neapolitan crèche at Regina Laudis Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut A rural town connects beautifully to the m...

Pope Francis carries the statue of the Child Jesus to place in the Nativity scene inside St. Peter's Basilica at the end of Mass on Christma...

LOR Pope Francis opens the Holy Doors at St. Peter's Basilica to begin the Year of Mercy, Dec. 8, 2015. COMMENTARY: The hopeful g...

Rudolf Gehrig The Silent Night Memorial Chapel in Oberndorf, Austria, in December 2024. The building stands on the rubble of the original...

Romolo Tavini Mercy is born for us today in Bethlehem – for that child born of the Virgin is God’s promise fulfilled. In the Chris...

A marble sculpture depicting St. Cajetan holding the Infant Jesus identifies the spot where the saint’s vision occurred in the crypt of the...

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, officially launching the Jubilee Year...

Courtesy photo (Clockwise from Left) Tim Reckart's 'The Star,' Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life.' Jim Henson's 'The Muppet Christmas C...

TIZIANA FABI Pope Francis closes the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica to mark the end of the Jubilee of Mercy, on Nov. 20, 2016, at the V...

L to R: Charlotte Bishop Michael Martin comforts and blesses Swannanoa parishioners. Parishioner Bill Maloney assists with Angel Tree gifts...

Courtesy of the Acton Institute Jimmy Lai at a Hong Kong protest COMMENTARY: Jimmy Lai is in his fourth year of solitary confineme...

Looking for a spiritual gift that could bless priests all year? Pray one or more Eucharistic Holy Hours for them. Your pastor will a...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix....

Papal preacher Father Roberto Pasolini on Dec. 20, 2024, called on the faithful to imitate Christ. Father Roberto Pasolini calls on...

Young parishioners participate in a Living Nativity Holy Hour Dec. 15 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, Louisiana....

Juan de Valdés Leal (1622-1690), “St. Ambrose Absolving the Emperor Theodosius,” Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid SAINTS & ART: A Ba...

Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis holds a gift on the papal plane coming back from Corsica on Dec. 15, 2024. He celebrates his 88th birthday...