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Archbishop José H. Gomez blesses an inmate at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, LA County’s largest women’s jail, during Christmas Mass Dec. 25, 2025. (John McCoy)

Not quite Santa Claus: LA’s biggest women’s jail hosts archbishop for Christmas

Pablo Kay|Jan 13, 2026|5 Min Read

The visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth is depicted in a wall painting at the Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem, Jerusalem. (Shutterstock)

How two pregnant women in the Holy Land changed the world

Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI|Jan 8, 2026|4 Min Read

“The Nativity,” by Robert Campin, 1375/1379-1444, Netherlandish. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Arians were the first ‘grinch’ for Christmas

Scott Hahn|Jan 6, 2026|2 Min Read

“The Birth of Christ,” by Bernardino Luini, -1532, Italian. (Wikimedia Commons)

Just as there was no room at the inn for Jesus, are we making room for others?

Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI|Dec 26, 2025|4 Min Read

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Saint of the Day

The Vigil of Christmas

Angelus Staff|Dec 24, 2025|1 Min Read

“Adoration of the Shepherds,” by Jan Steen, 1625/1626-1679, Dutch. (Wikimedia Commons)

The significance of shepherds throughout the history of God

Scott Hahn|Dec 23, 2025|3 Min Read

Some of the students at St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge pose in front of Eli Hallak’s decorated house in Stevenson Ranch, which raises money for charities. (Submitted photo)

When cancer threatened Christmas, this teacher’s students stepped in to help

Greg Hardesty|Dec 23, 2025|4 Min Read

"Nativity" by Federico Barocci, c. 1597. (Wikimedia Commons)

Love is the great ‘why’ this Christmas

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Dec 22, 2025|4 Min Read

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Experts offer strategies for connection during Christmas amid US 'epidemic' of loneliness

Kimberley Heatherington|Dec 19, 2025|7 Min Read

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, greets a child as he visits the compound of Gaza City's Holy Family Parish during his Christmas pastoral visit Dec. 19, 2025. He arrived prior to Christmas in a sign of closeness with a community that endured two years of war. (OSV News/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)

World

Cardinal Pizzaballa visits Gaza City's Holy Family Parish before Christmas

OSV News|Dec 19, 2025|3 Min Read

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In ‘When We Were the Kennedys,’ a memoir about grief and loss

Heather King|Dec 19, 2025|4 Min Read

Mosaic of the prophet Daniel on the facade of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy. (Shutterstock)

Faith

‘The weeks of years’ and the prophet Daniel’s Christmas timetable

Mike Aquilina|Dec 18, 2025|4 Min Read

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