St. Stephen’s radiant and sacrificial love

Time travel to Bethlehem?

By David G. Bonagura, Jr. on Dec 26, 2024 01:13 pm
“If you could travel back in time to witness Jesus’ birth or any event in His life, would you do it?” Two enterprising Catholics posed this question to me during Advent. “Yes” was my unequivocal [...]
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Patriarch of Jerusalem: Let us look to the future with hope, without hatred or violence

By Catholic News Agency on Dec 26, 2024 12:00 pm
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, leans on his pastoral staff while listening to the proclamation of the Gospel during the Christmas Eve Mass at the Church of St. Catherine, the Latin section of the Basilica of the ... [...]
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Martyrdom and celebration: The beautiful tension of the Christmas Octave

By Dr. R. Jared Staudt on Dec 26, 2024 04:00 am
We keep things in discreet categories in our culture. Religion too often remains within the church’s walls, kept apart from the forces that drive society. That’s a large reason why we have secularized the festivity [...]
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St. Stephen’s radiant and sacrificial love

By Stephen G. Adubato on Dec 26, 2024 03:00 am
In 1944, the then-22-year-old Father Luigi Giussani gave a homily on the Feast of Saint Stephen , expounding on his theology of Christian charity, which he would later flesh out in his numerous theological works. “A true [...]
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