Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

La Croix: What is the meaning of Christmas in Orthodoxy ... a fast starting on November 15—longer than Advent in the Catholic tradition. This liturgical period features special Sundays, such ...

National Evangelical School of Nabatieh (NESN) damaged in the war between Israel and Hezbollah. The predominantly Shiite city ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Presentation of the Lord, Feb. 2, 2025.

The Feast of the Presentation officially closes the Christmas season, 40 days after the Nativity, so there’s still one last ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

The Christmas season was once again a little bit brighter for children and families in the Diocese of Brooklyn and beyond, thanks to the generosity of Tablet readers who heeded the call to help the ...

Two or three said, ‘Merry Christmas.’ Most had little reaction ... years ago to include schoolchildren from St. Mary-Basha Catholic School in Chandler, Ariz. Dorame’s two daughters ...

Indeed, may the cards keep coming all our lives, reminding us always to live lives that make every day a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Again. Wherever we are. Always.

This past December, though, I added tracks from a recital I participated in with Christmas music few people have ever heard. During the 16th and 17th centuries, Catholic composers in Latin America ...

Joseph Wang, Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council, expressed his appreciation to Cardinal Sebastian for the pastoral visit and for celebrating Christmas with the Kelantan Catholic community. The ...

No more of Christmas in your heart. You can just go to one of the ... authorised by Pope Gregory XIII. The Roman Catholic countries were quick to adopt the new calendar, followed by the United Kingdom ...