Since the Roman Calendar Reform of 1969, the Church observes Jan. 1 as the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. This is not, ...

On the first day of 2025, Pope Francis warned Christians against “imagining or inventing a God in the abstract” during his ...

For Catholics, New Year's Day isn't just the first day of the new year: It's a day of holy obligation.

On the eve of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the Church grants a plenary indulgence to those Christian faithful who ...

We can do neither without remembering Mary, the mother of Jesus ... drawing us closer to God. During the Advent season, Christians celebrate the great feast/solemnity of the Immaculate Conception ...

Excerpt from Pope Francis’ homily at Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. At the beginning of this new year which the Lord has granted us, we do well to lift our eyes and hearts to Mary.

Jubilee years can be traced back to the people of Israel: "Thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee" (Lev ...

On Sunday, Dec. 29, Mass will be at 8 ... On Monday, Dec. 30, there will be an 8:30 a.m. Mass in the chapel. On Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation), Mass will be at 4: ...

With these words, St. Augustine emphasizes the greatness of Mary as mother of the eternal Son of God, and the infinite ...

May Mary, Mother of Jesus and ... were sufficient for her; God’s reassurance was enough for her. She clung to him, as we want to do … .” (Solemnity of the Annunciation Homily, 2022 ...

Wonderful. Beautiful. Spiritual. And bittersweet,” Mary Pat Cosgrove Gill of Mountain Top said Sunday afternoon, summing up her feelings as she and hundreds of other people visited St. Mary’s Church ...