Since the Roman Calendar Reform of 1969, the Church observes Jan. 1 as the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is not, ...
According to the Catholic Church's calendar of saints, January 1st is a day of joy, dedicated to Mary, Mother of God. On this ...
On the first day of 2025, Pope Francis warned Christians against “imagining or inventing a God in the abstract” during his ...
New Year’s Day Wünschung or “wishing” is an example of what anthropologists call “sympathetic magic.” Its practice is nigh ...
Of all of the highlights from SEEK25, which aired and livestreamed via EWTN, one talk piqued my particular interest: Kelsey Reinhardt’s “The Vocation of a Woman.” (She also happens to share an ...
With these words, St. Augustine emphasizes the greatness of Mary as mother of the eternal Son of God, and the infinite ...
I was shocked when I started reading the sermons in poetry by Narsai, the fifth-century saint, the “Harp of the Spirit”, born ...
"May we learn to care for every child born of a woman, above all by protecting, like Mary, the precious gift of life: life in ...
On the Vigil of the feast of St. Mary, Mother of God, Pope Francis said the hope of brotherly fraternity is not based on ...
His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with bishops and priests, presided over ...
And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:42-43). Mary’s role as mother of God ...
The Mass also marked the Jubilee Year, launched on Christmas, with Francis noting that 'Mary is the door through which Christ ...