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The deep theology in St. Peter’s Nativity scene (Photos)

The Vatican’s 2025 Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square is a visual meditation on the mystery of the Incarnation in “real time.” Christ’s coming is not only something that happened at one point in history, but influences every generation. This is beautifully represented with the incorporation of St. Alphonus Ligouri and two others in the Read More…

The deep theology in St. Peter’s Nativity scene (Photos)

St. Joseph’s doubt and the angel’s gift

Readings: • Isa 7:10-14 • Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 • Rom 1:1-7 • Mt 1:18-24 Looking on thee, O Unwedded One, and dreading a hidden wedlock, O Sinless One, the chaste Joseph was riven in [...]

The Indomitable Maria von Trapp

What The Sound of Music lacks—whether due to cultural superficiality or merely time constraint—is the deep spirituality of Maria and the family’s lived Catholicism.

Massachusetts Removes LGBT Ideology Requirements for Foster-Care Parents

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State Department Set to Roll Out Religious-Worker Visa Plan Next Month

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Year in Review/Most Viewed Stories

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Through Snow and Sacred Darkness: The Xavier Society for the Blind at 125

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The First Christmas Reflects Mary and Joseph’s Deep Faith and Trust in God

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AI and the Church/Catholic Voters Poll

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Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Holy Family Parish in Gaza days before Christmas

CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 18:35 pm Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, arrived in Gaza City on Dec. 19 for a pastoral visit to Holy Family Parish, the only Catholic church in the [...]