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By Susan Hines-brigger
Ever since I became a mom — more than 20 years and four kids ago — the Advent and Christmas season has taken on a whole different perspective for me. That perspective has opened up the meaning of the season for me and brought me closer to Mary in a mother-to-mother kind of way. I […]
Columnists
By Ann M. Augherton
Listen here: The Christmas song, “Silent Night,” may have put the town of Oberndorf, Austria, on the map, but it’s the chapel memorializing the beloved carol that is the town’s main attraction. Best seen blanketed in snow, the small octagonal-shaped chapel, just 13 miles from Salzburg, is a tourist destination any time of year. […]
Global
By Courtney Mares
The highest-ranking woman in the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops has said that the ordination of women as Catholic priests is “not an open question” at this time. Sister Nathalie Becquart, who serves as an undersecretary for the Church’s ongoing Synod on Synodality, was recently named on the BBC’s list of 100 inspiring […]
Local
The Office of Youth, Campus and Young Adult Ministries honored volunteers who work with youths in parishes and on campuses for their dedication and contributions at a dinner Dec. 13 at St. Joseph Church in Herndon. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass and presented several major awards at the dinner. Carmen Briceño, who also contributes […]
Arts
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By Kevin Schweers
For nearly as long as there has been a diocesan mission in the Dominican Republic, the Catechetical Franciscan Sisters of Brazil have been there, working alongside priests to evangelize and expand access to basic amenities in the island nation’s rural countryside. The San Juan de la Maguana diocese marked the 25th anniversary of the […]
National
CHICAGO — The cover of the winter issue of Catholic Extension’s magazine is a colorful patchwork of Christmas drawings by children from Ukraine and Uvalde, Texas. A poignant message printed by one of the children also has a place on the cover: “Dear Pope Francis, I need advice on how to make the world more […]
Global
By Andrea Gagliarducci
The train between Przemysl, Poland, and Kyiv, Ukraine, travels for 10 hours at night and is packed with people. Przemysl, a small Polish town 15 kilometers (about nine miles) from the Polish-Ukrainian border, has faced a refugee emergency during the last few months of the war in Ukraine. It is estimated that 7 million people […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Vigilance is an essential part of the spiritual life because the devil will try to sneak in when one is not paying attention or, especially, when a Christian thinks he or she is making a lot of progress on the road to holiness, Pope Francis said. “When we trust too much in […]
Pope Francis
Dec. 13, 1969, just four days before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who today is Pope Francis — was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano, archbishop emeritus of Córdoba (Argentina). That Dec. 13, 53 years ago, was a Saturday, the eve of the Third Sunday of Advent. In the liturgy […]
