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Advent wreath. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 3, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). During the holidays, Nativity scenes and Christmas trees decorate most Catholic homes, but what about Advent wreaths? Advent wreaths are traditionally made from evergreen branches and have four candles. The four candles represent the four weeks of Advent — three candles…
Advent candles. / Romolo Tavini/Shutterstock CNA Newsroom, Dec 3, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Advent begins this year on Sunday, Dec. 3. Most Catholics, even those who don’t often go to Mass, know that Advent involves a wreath with candles, possibly a “calendar” of hidden chocolates, and untangling strings of Christmas lights. But Advent is…
A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection. / Public Domain. Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2023 / 04:00 am (CNA). How far would you go to serve God? Would you be willing to travel to the ends of the earth, with nothing but the guarantee of hardship, deprivation, and…
Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators look for evidence after a bomb attack at a Catholic Mass at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Lanao del sur province in the southern Philippines on Dec. 3, 2023. At least three people were killed and seven wounded, officials said. / Credit:…
Pope Francis at his general audience on Nov. 22, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Dec 2, 2023 / 06:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis called the destruction of the environment “an offense against God” in a message given to the participants in the U.N. climate summit on Saturday. The keynote address that the pope had…
Altar of the Child Jesus and the relic of the manger in the Church of Saint Catherine (Basilica of the Nativity) in Bethlehem. / Credit: Magdala Center CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Magdala Tourist Center, located in the biblical town of Magdala on the shores of the Sea of Galilee,…
For Advent 2023, Blessed Is She created a devotional for women called “Found.” / Credit: Blessed Is She CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). As we begin Advent and prepare for the birth of Christ in all the practical ways — gift buying, tree trimming, decorating, meal planning, and more — it’s…
A religious sister from the Monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, hand-paints a pitcher. / Credit: Monastery of Bethlehem Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 2, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). For unique Christmas gifts that celebrate your Catholic faith there are many monasteries and religious communities that offer handmade gifts for sale online. Buying…
President Ronald Reagan and his Supreme Court justice nominee Sandra Day O’Connor on July 15, 1981. / Public Domain CNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 17:40 pm (CNA). Former U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a swing vote who became a key part of the court’s longtime abortion-supporting majority, died Friday. She was 93…
Marijuana leaves. / Credit: Armando Olivo Martín del Campo CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 1, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). In a Nov. 28 interview with “What We Need Now,” the Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver explained what motivated him to write a pastoral letter on the dangers of using recreational marijuana…
