Dec. 7, 2023 Decades later ... Christmas lights descend from the candles once used to decorate Christmas trees, which in turn may have links to pre-Christian traditions. Ancient civilizations ...

How odd that the most hopeful season of the Christian calendar begins in the midst of darkness! When we light the first candle on the Advent wreath, it will not be a second too soon. This Advent I ...

Clergy and faithful representing several Christian communities as well as Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches gathered May 7 in ...