As 2023 draws to a close, we recall major events that have happened this year in our church and world. In Rome, Catholic clergy and laypeople gathered at the Vatican Oct. 4-29 for a synod to discuss ...

Sunday, Dec. 31, is the feast of the the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Mass readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 or Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Psalm 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; ...

A Palestinian family walks near a mosaic of the Holy Family near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 15, 2022. The church is built on what is believed to be the site where Jesus ...

The feast of the Holy Family, which is situated appropriately between Christmas and New Year's Day, serves as a context for the events it bridges: the birth of Christ and the octave of Mary.

Leo said faithful family life can make homes ‘a light of hope for the places in which we live; a school of love and an instrument of salvation in God’s hands.’ ...

Pope Francis urged families across the world Sunday to look to Jesus, Mary, and Joseph for "sure inspiration." In his Angelus address Dec. 27, the feast of the Holy Family, the pope encouraged ...