And the Holy Innocents, victims of Herod’s persecution, give their lives in place of Jesus. They testify to him by their ...

Following the Gospel, we fix our gaze on Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, to contemplate the mystery of a God who chose to be born of a woman, the Blessed Virgin, and to enter this world in the way common to ...

The feast of the Holy Family continues the story of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with the flight into Egypt. It usually falls on the Sunday after Christmas. The solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ...

The first Christmas story involved religious oppression, occupying forces, widespread government-enforced infanticide and violent authoritarianism. Shortly after Jesus' birth, the Holy Family fled ...

He described the Holy Family of Nazareth as “the model of ... to pass through the Holy Door that Pope Francis opened on Christmas Eve, which officially began the jubilee year.