The patient perseverance, the waiting and longing, of these friends in Matanzas is an Advent parable, Ken Sehested says.

While serving, he used his high rank to perform a covert ministry, providing aid and comfort to Christian prisoners during ...

Years later, FX and Disney's Alien: Earth is finally fixing one of the biggest mistakes of Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Alien: Earth wasn't a replacement for Prometheus, but it did ...

As Christmas grows closer and closer, those who celebrate are busy with last minute preparations, including gift wrapping, holiday baking and celebration planning. However, for Christians, the weeks ...

Advent is a four-week period before Christmas that many Christians and Catholics observe, in preparation for Christmas Day. The season begins four Sundays before Christmas and involves weekly themes ...

For many in North Jersey, the Christmas season will start in earnest soon. Advent, the month-long buildup to the holiday, arrives for most Christians on Sunday, Nov. 30 (though Eastern Orthodox ...

Advent began yesterday. "O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!" the prophet Isaiah told us at Mass yesterday. Jesus urged us to be wakeful in Matthew's Gospel: "So too, you ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is more difficult than it seems. A SACRED CHESTThis model of the Ark of the ...

Ask almost anyone, anywhere, and they’ll tell you that 2025 has been a hard year. We’ve witnessed global wars, school shootings and an alarming rise in political violence. We’ve endured a ...

This last day of November ends another calendar month and moves us closer to December 21, the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year, when we will be plunged into deeper darkness. Meanwhile, ...

Cyber Monday is here, and we’re updating this story regularly. To find the best deals in every category, follow all of our Cyber Monday coverage. The best Advent calendars should already save you some ...

ADVENT CALENDARS never used to be much fun. Each day in December, as part of the lead-up to Christmas, you would peel back a card door to reveal a Bible verse or a picture of a church bell. Only if ...