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The Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School singing at the Carmel Mission in California during the Carmel Bach Festival 2019. (Anita Morrison via CNA)

Sacred music album recorded on eve of coronavirus lockdown storms Christmas charts

Catholic News Agency|Dec 21, 2020|3 Min Read

The Christmas tree is seen as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 20, 2020. The pope said that current restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can help people put Christ, rather than the constant need to purchase gifts, at the center of the Christmas season. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: 'Consumerism has stolen Christmas'

Catholic News Agency|Dec 20, 2020|5 Min Read

Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, presents Advent meditations for Pope Francis, officials of the Roman Curia and Vatican employees in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 18, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Christmas is sign of God's preferential love for the poor, cardinal says

Cindy Wooden|Dec 18, 2020|3 Min Read

“The Nativity,” by Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni), c. 1406-10. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Faith

How Christmas teaches the truths of the creed

Mike Aquilina|Dec 17, 2020|6 Min Read

The Vatican’s nativity scene is unveiled in St. Peter’s Square Dec. 11, 2020. (Daniel Ibáñez/CNA)

'It doesn't embarrass us': Art teacher defends Vatican's much-maligned nativity scene

Hannah Brockhaus|Dec 15, 2020|5 Min Read

Pope Francis carries a figurine of the baby Jesus as he leaves Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo. The pope will celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass with a small congregation; the Mass will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Rome so people can get home without breaking Italy's 10 p.m. COVID-19 curfew. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope to celebrate early Mass Dec. 24 because of COVID-19 curfew

Cindy Wooden|Dec 10, 2020|2 Min Read

Giotto’s Nativity is projected on the facade of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. (Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino via CNA)

Faith

Assisi in Advent: illuminated frescoes and a nurse in a nativity scene

Courtney Mares|Dec 9, 2020|4 Min Read

Saturn is seen shining above the Cape Murro di Porco Lighthouse in Syracuse, Sicily, and Jupiter is seen shining to the right, in this photo taken in November 2020. The two largest planets in the solar system will pass so close together in Earth's sky that the moon will easily be able to cover them both simultaneously Dec. 21. This pending planetary passage will be the closest since 1623. (CNS photo/Kevin Saragozza, courtesy NASA)

Jupiter, Saturn to put on 'Christmas Star' show at winter solstice

Dennis Sadowski|Dec 9, 2020|5 Min Read

Robert Brennan's handmade Nativity scene. (Courtesy Robert Brennan)

Confessions of an early Christmas decorator

Robert Brennan|Dec 4, 2020|4 Min Read

Mary on the Mantel. (Be a Heart via CNA)

Faith

'Mary on the Mantel'? Think 'Elf on the Shelf', but Catholic

Mary Farrow|Dec 1, 2020|6 Min Read

A child is pictured in an illustration lighting a candle on an Advent wreath at home in Berlin. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, churches in Germany are to publish a flyer on home worship at Christmas. (CNS photo/Jannis Chavakis, KNA)

World

German, Swiss churches prepare for religious Christmas at home

Catholic News Service|Nov 17, 2020|2 Min Read

Vatican Christmas stamps for 2020 show the baby Jesus and Pope Francis holding a lantern. The theme of this year's Christmas stamps is "the light of the peace of Bethlehem." This page was jointly issued with Austria. (CNS photo/Vatican stamp and coin office)

Vatican Christmas: Details of stamps, Nativity scene, tree released

Catholic News Service|Oct 30, 2020|2 Min Read

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