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A Trail Life Troop in Clifton not only collected candy and Christmas cards for veterans at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, they delivered them personally Dec. 10 to show love and spread Christmas cheer.
The Divino Niño Jesús is a devotion to the Divine Child Jesus, asks faithful to take baby Jesus out of the manager. a
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional School in Woodbridge celebrated the feat of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a bilingual Mass, traditional garb, mariachi music and food.
Baby Jesus, whose parents could find no decent shelter and had to flee persecution, is a reminder of the "painful experience" of so many migrants today, he said Dec. 9, just before the Vatican Christmas tree was to be lit and its Nativity scene was to be unveiled.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed condolences to members of Opus Dei following the death of Bishop Javier Echevarria, who led the prelature for over 20 years.
'Tis the season for a huge assortment of holiday concerts and carols to choose from, making Advent and Christmas a unique period for reminding people of the evergreen beauty of sacred music.
Calling for a new style of politics built on peace and nonviolence, Pope Francis also called for disarmament, the eradication of nuclear weapons and an end to domestic violence and abuse against women and children.
Pope Francis phoned Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria Dec. 12, expressing his prayers and condolences for the previous day's terrorist attack at the Cairo cathedral that left 25 people dead.
St. Lucy, along with St. Agnes, St. Agatha and St. Cecilia, is one of the four great virgin martyrs of the early church. Devotion to her has remained strong for more than 1,700 years, not only in her native Sicily but throughout the Christian world: even the overwhelmingly Protestant countries of Scandinavia celebrate the feast day of “Santa Lucia.”
