It’s hard to believe that we are in Advent, and Christmas is just around the corner. While you’re busy getting ready for Jesus’ birthday, don’t forget to support your local parishes. There are lots of events happening in the...
Scripture readings for Dec. 7, 2025, Second Sunday of Advent
Is 11:1-10 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Rom 15:4-9 Mt 3:1-12
Are we ready for a change?
Well, it's coming. We are here in the Second Sunday of Advent -- in the...
By Father Lance S. Martin
St. Mary Star of the Sea/Holy Savior
Nestled in a small, bustling parish, our religious article store isn't your typical gift shop.
We're not a large, retail operation; instead, we're a dedicated parish gift shop that...
BEIRUT -- Pope Leo XIV ended his stay in Lebanon with what he termed "a heartfelt appeal: may the attacks and hostilities cease."
"We must recognize that armed struggle brings no benefit," he said at the Beirut airport before returning...
Dozens of "home mission dioceses" across the nation have received much-needed financial support, provided by the generosity of U.S. Catholics through an annual collection.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Dec. 1 that 69 mission dioceses and Eastern Catholic...
LEBANON -- At the end of his first foreign trip as pope, a trip focused on dialogue, Pope Leo XIV said the examples of friendship and respect he had seen could be a helpful example for people in North...
As Pope Leo XIV urged in Turkey Nov. 27 that "the future of humanity is at stake" with ongoing conflict in the Middle East and days after a United Nations Security Council endorsement of a U.S.-backed peace plan, Catholic...
As Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians accompany U.S.-brokered peace talks that as of Dec. 3 produced no breakthrough, Ukraine's religious leaders warn that failure to halt Russia and hold it accountable will expand the war to Europe.
The Ukrainian Council...
In the Mount Lebanon region of Jbeil, perched on top of a hill at an altitude of 1,200 meters, from where in the distance one can see the Mediterranean sea, is the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, the...
Spanish church leaders have criticized media treatment of a diocesan bishop who resigned over accusations of sexual abuse, amid renewed debates over the church's historic role in the traditionally Catholic country.
"We must take into account the presumption of innocence,...