During Advent, expectant alertness is commended to us as a lived attitude. Shall we live it out in song?

During the nine days before Christmas, friends and family gather for the re-enactment, with two children dressing up to play the roles of Mary and Joseph.

Catholic Charities USA and the Felician Sisters of North America have each contributed $1 million to a new fund to benefit people “in extreme danger of losing their homes this month.”

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Perhaps this Advent, which will probably feel a lot more like Lent, I will finally learn that good waiting is a grace, one that hinges on realizing that the arrival does not depend on my vaunted stage-managing powers.

We go behind the story with a bioethicist on the moral imperative of current Covid-19 vaccines.

These deaths are a grim reminder of how quickly the virus can spread in congregate living situations, even when precautions are taken.

Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski got the Covid-19 vaccine to set an example that the vaccination effort is a public good and a morally acceptable way for Catholics to help combat Covid-19.

Coronavirus health restrictions created profound obstacles for the communal relationships and interplay of everyday life at L’Arche communities.

Pope Francis' former treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, praised President Donald Trump’s “splendid” Supreme Court appointments and defense of Christian values but questioned his effort to sow doubt in the integrity of the U.S. presidential election.

2020 has been an absolutely awful year (no citation needed). But is it O.K. for us to take a step back and laugh at it all?

This is not the year—or the Christmas—we wanted. But God is still with us, and we can still reach out to our neighbors.

A Reflection for the Third Friday of Advent.

I commend you. I sympathize. I need your advice.