The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning ...

The Jewish festival of Hannukah, which this year runs from 25 December to 2 January, actually has a lot in common with the Christian Christmas. This is the story ...

In those days Hannah conceived, and at the end of her term bore a son whom she called Samuel, since she had asked the Lord for him. The next time her husband Elkanah was going up with the rest of his ...

Marked by solemn processions and prayers for hope in troubled times, Archbishop Bernard Hebda presided over two opening ...

The appointed reading for the 1st Sunday of Christmas in many Christian places of worship is about an event when Jesus is 12 years old and is lost.

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Church who lives "as a pilgrim and guest" (1 Pt. 2:11; Heb. 11:13) in the Holy Land,may the ...

In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the jubilee cross that led the faithful into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was from its dedication in 2002.

Caiaphas was the high priest from 18-36 AD who condemned Jesus and had him sent to Pilate, who was the Roman governor of Judaea at the time. A number of priests made up the Sanhedrin, the supreme ...

Apparently, family strife, divorce and other pressures increase when everyone is together, supposedly having a wonderful time. Jesus’s own family was ... who was mobile would try to head up to ...

The Christmas season is now with us! The reading for the first Sunday in the Christmas season (Christmas 1) is Luke ...

Bishops worldwide celebrated the opening of Jubilee Year 2025 with Masses in their cathedrals and co-cathedrals.

This tension — to witness or to turn away — has defined my career. It blazed anew for me on Oct. 7, 2023, during the Hamas ...