and on earth peace, good will toward men…” It is ironic that today, as we celebrate Christmas, we do so in a world filled with turmoil and strife. There is war in the Ukraine and unrest in ...

We have said, "Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year," but we have known in our hearts that the clouds which have hung over our world have prevented us from saying it with full sincerity and conviction.

So the great poet reached for his pen: “I heard the bells on Christmas day, their old, familiar carols play; and wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth, goodwill to men.” ...

During this holiday season, as we pray for peace on Earth with renewed earnestness, we often invoke an image common to many religions: the paradigm of heavenly peace. In the Bible, for example ...

Firing her would've made it worse. Where is the peace, we ask? Rutledge continued, “We can send Christmas cards about love and peace all we want, but the human race is utterly incapable of ...

What would happen would be the impossible: peace on earth, good will toward men (and women). It’s what many people wish for. Colorful holiday cards are posted on the cellar door here, and many of them ...

On April 11, 1963, as the Church began its Easter Triduum, Pope John XXIII offered the world one such beacon of hope: the encyclical Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth). The document was addressed ...