This season, think beyond holiday movie marathons and reintroduce Christmas traditions from years gone by that are bound to make this season extra merry and bright. Whether it's a retro decoration, a ...

While I can no longer remember who said it and in which class, I recall being taught in seminary that we learn much of our theology from hymn writers. And, at least for me, there is no greater season ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

It was the holiday season in the colony of Virginia in 1774. At his house in Williamsburg, Peyton Randolph and his wife, Elizabeth, gathered with their household and friends, including his cousin ...

An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas novena.” The nine-day ...

BRISTOL, Va. — A small creak accompanies the opening of the door to a humble church on Cunningham Road. Come on in. There, to the right of the pulpit, stands a Christmas tree. Upon its limbs hang ...

Latin America’s beloved worship musician wanted to apply Psalm 96:1 to a tradition-heavy genre. For Marcos Witt, writing Christmas music is about more than capturing seasonal sentimentality or warm ...

St. Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church held its Blue Christmas service last week. For more than a decade, this mid-December gathering in Santa Monica, Calif., has been a time to acknowledge holiday ...