During the Christmas season, the church is even more visually striking as it is adorned with festive decorations, sparkling lights, and a giant Christmas tree outside.

Pope Francis will commence a centuries-long Catholic tradition on Christmas Eve and introduce a first-time, historical addition to the holy ritual.. Starting on Dec. 24, the pontiff will open a ...

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Catholic churches across Connecticut were filled Tuesday night for Christmas vigil masses. One of the churches was the St. Joseph Cathedral, located on Farmington Avenue ...

In his Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus (1974), Pope St. Paul VI writes:. The Christmas Season is a prolonged commemoration of the divine, virginal and salvific Motherhood of her whose ...

There’s also an argument to be made that Christmas is eight days long. The Church regards Christmas as an octave, or eight-day celebration.The octave of Christmas begins on the feast of the ...

With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh province, the only one under ultraconservative Islamic law in the world's ...

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 25: In an atmosphere of love and peace, the Catholic Church – Holy Family Co-Cathedral in Kuwait celebrated Christmas, bringing together a large number of believers from various sects ...