During the season of Advent we await the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth and His coming again at the end of time. Our culture, in fact, seems to erase Advent, which is a penitential season for ...

This Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (rejoice) Sunday. Pope Francis has consistently called us to live with joy, most especially in his apostolic exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel," in which ...

In the past, the obligation to attend Mass on a transferred holy day of obligation was not transferred along with the feast day when it fell on a Monday. A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the ...

This Third Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete (rejoice) Sunday. Pope Francis has consistently called us to live with joy, most especially in his apostolic exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel," in which ...

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17). The third Sunday of Advent marks a pivotal change in the liturgical season of Advent, Fr. Jeffrey Kirby told Fox News Digital. Kirby ...

Readings: Isaiah 61:1-a, 10-11 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8, 19-28 We like things to fit. It is how we make sense of the world. “This is where one thing ends and another begins. This is this, ...

This year, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation, falls on the Second Sunday of Advent. So, are Catholics obligated to go to Mass twice? The answer is yes. The ...