On the Christmas episode of “Preach,” Barbara Reid, O.P, joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to reflect on how she maintains Christmas joy in her preaching without shying away from the grim realities of the world.

“Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming” presents a problem: It can be argued that the central rose metaphor of the song is about Jesus or Mary.

The Slovenian Archdiocese of Ljubljana announced that the Vatican had ordered the Sisters of the Community of Loyola to be dissolved within one year.

A Vatican tribunal has condemned Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison.

A Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent, by Michael Simone, S.J.

A Reflection for Saturday of the Second Week of Advent, by Christine Lenahan