Pope Leo XIV stands on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica during his first Sunday blessing. From the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the first pontiff from the USA, the former Cardinal ...

The First Sunday of Advent, like the last Sundays of Ordinary Time, look forward to the Second Coming of Christ. As the liturgical year ends, the Church focuses on the final remaining act in salvation ...

Readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:12—4:2 Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Returning to a scene from childhood can be disconcerting. Why? Because remnants of a world long past arise and compete with ...

Sunday, Dec. 1, is the First Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:4-5, 8-9, 10, 14; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36. This Sunday’s Gospel is taken from the Mount ...

The 40 days of this year's Lenten season started this past week, on Ash Wednesday, as Christian faithful all over the world began the spiritual commemoration of the 40 days that Jesus spent in the ...

Our Lent starts with stories that take us from the garden to the desert — symbolically as well as geographically. We begin with Adam and Eve in God’s good garden. They, like their descendants after ...

"And what I say to you I say to all: Watch" (Mark 13:37). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The Gospel of Mark is attributed to St. Mark the Evangelist and is ...

When we were teenagers, my brother and I spent a lot of time playing the guitar and singing the folk songs of the day. Our parents loved our singing, but Mom couldn’t bear to hear us sing songs about ...