SS. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church in Olyphant celebrated Christmas on Dec. 25. The Divine Liturgy was conducted by the Rev. Nestor Iwasiw, pastor. The choir, under the direction of Patrick Marcinko, performed traditional Christmas songs.
After the high point of Christmas, when the lights and decorations come down, Bishop Michael Izen said there is a long list of reasons people might feel down. It can be even more difficult, he said, living in Minnesota with short days and long nights.
Thanks to the unwavering support of the community, LCCC provided 364 low-income and homebound seniors with blessing boxes - more than doubling the number served in 2021.
Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.
It's a project eight years in-the-making.The latest round of iconography is being installed at St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay.Offi
Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch had the help of 12 other Catholic biblical scholars to gather and compose the commentary on the books of the Old Testament alone.
Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz in West Texas says the Trump administration's mass-deportation plan "strikes fear into the heart of our community."
Islamist extremists attacked Christian communities in Nigeria's Middle Belt last December, with the worst massacre claiming 47 lives on Christmas Day - meaning that over the course of 2024 nearly 150 were killed in acts of terrorism.
The Christmas season was once again a little bit brighter for children and families in the Diocese of Brooklyn and beyond, thanks to the generosity of Tablet readers who heeded the call to help the less fortunate.
The Jamaat-e-Islami and other outfits that campaign against the stoking of Islamophobia in Kerala must first look within before conveniently laying the blame on others.
Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal sovereignty at Epiphany, adoring him with the magi; and then having found him so near to us in his baptism, we have moved on.
Catholics all over the world are observing the Jubilee Year of Hope (2025). The year was officially launched by Pope Francis through the symbolic act of opening the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Christmas Eve (December 24,