The Holy Thorn: In Glastonbury, England, a special hawthorn tree blooms every year at Christmas — By: Catholic News Agency

A stamp printed in United Kingdom in 1999 shows image of the dedicated to the Glastonbury Holy Thorn. / Credit: MarkauMark/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 26, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic celebration of Christmas is about God’s entry into our sinful world — a theological truth that is sometimes symbolized, in various forms of…

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Midnight Mass in Bethlehem: Patriarch addresses Gazan Christians, calls for end to war — By: Catholic News Agency

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, presides over the Christmas Midnight Mass in the Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem. With him, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal envoy, H. E. Adolfo Tito Yllana, Apostolic Delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine, and the bishops of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem concelebrated. Dec. 25, 2023. / Credit:…

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