When Good Friday falls on March 25, an ancient Christian intuition about God’s initiative in history — creation, incarnation and redemption — is given unique expression. And how often does this happen ...

In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, Dec. 8 is the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, and it is a holy day of obligation. Dec. 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Here are 8 ...

We begin by recalling par. 14, which says: “The dogma of the Immaculate Conception highlights the primacy and unicity of ...

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Hymns possess an incredible power to propagate the Christian faith, perhaps because their melodies and words fuse in our minds and hearts. Here is the lesser-known third verse of the Christmas carol ...