For two decades now I have written on a blog somewhere. I always write on Christmas day, and almost no one reads. Consumed with family and friends, presents and meals, and faith – Christmas is just not a day that most people read, and…
A perennial theme of modern holiday classics, from the ridiculous Jingle All the Way to the sublime A Charlie Brown Christmas, is the conspicuous absence of the Christmas spirit during Christmas season. In each case, the Christmas spirit is…
In a previously unpublished 2014 homily by Papa Ratzinger, the Pope Emeritus writes about the importance of the lamb in Scripture: “We find a first hint, a first prediction, in the story of Abraham: the sacrifice of Isaac (cf. Gen 22). God had…
Jonathan Luxmore, OSV News Tuesday, December 16, 2025 A Catholic 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner who was unexpectedly freed from jail in Belarus has paid tribute to supporters who helped secure his release, while warning that over a thousand…
By The Stream Published on December 11, 2025 If you struggle with applying scripture to your life, or knowing what your Bible study means for you today — this is the video for you. There’s one simple rule of thumb that Faith Womack unpacks in…
Editors, National Catholic Register Thursday, December 11, 2025 According to the recent presidential message celebrating the Virgin Mary’s own conception without any stain of original sin, “God became man when Mary gave birth to a son, Jesus,…
On Monday, the White House gave a strong presidential message recognizing the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day in the Catholic liturgical calendar. The President’s message begins, “On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception,…
On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Leo encouraged the faithful to believe in God as the Blessed Virgin Mary did and thus give “generous assent to the mission to which the Lord calls us.” He reminded the crowd that Mary was…
I have been a regular listener to the Hugh Hewitt Show since 2001. That’s a long time to endure the host’s unfailing, loud and unbearable braggadocio regarding the college football team that plays in Columbus, OH. The host has not lived in…
The date was December 4, 1783. The place was an establishment at the corner of Broad and Pearl Streets in lower Manhattan, New York City, known to this very day as Fraunces Tavern. The occasion was an assembly of officers of the Continental…
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