There is room for Jesus: a Christmas homily on what Luke’s Gospel really says

by Preach December 24, 2025December 27, 2025

We argue over nativity scenes, traditional and contemporary, and miss the essential point of Christ’s birth.
There is room—God is born in a house already full, where people make space.
Preach host Ricardo da Silva reflects on what Luke’s Gospel teaches about Jesus’ birth.

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Roundtable: Pope Leo’s first Christmas address to the Vatican Curia

by Inside the Vatican December 24, 2025December 24, 2025

This week, Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Christmas address to the Curia. On a special roundtable episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and producers Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Sebastian Gomes examine how Leo’s speech continued his predecessors’ priorities, and where it differed.

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O Little Town of Bethlehem: written for children in the aftermath of war, then and now

by Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols December 21, 2025December 21, 2025

After the U.S. Civil War, Philadelphia rector Phillips Brooks traveled to Bethlehem seeking solace. Three years later, that experience inspired him to write this carol for the children of his parish. Does it still speak to those who carry the weight of war?

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Quiz: Christmas Carol History (Part 4)

by Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

How well do you know your Christmas carols? Time for one last quiz.

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Saint baby names and the best pilgrimage sites: Your questions for Jesuitical, answered

by Jesuitical December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

Who’s the best TV priest? Should you name your kid after a saint? And what pilgrimage sites are on our bucket list? These are just a few of the questions Zac, Ashley and “Jesuitical” producer Sebastian Gomes tackle in our end-of-year mailbag episode!

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Vatican hosts prisoners for final Jubilee Year event

by Inside the Vatican December 18, 2025December 18, 2025

The Jubilee Year is drawing to a close and Christmas is drawing near. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell cover several important arts events the Vatican has hosted in the lead-up to Christmas, including the “Concert for the Poor” featuring Michael Bublé, the Ratzinger Prize concert […]

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Preaching (and living) Advent without rushing to Christmas

by Preach December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

Tsh Oxenreider joins “Preach” host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to explore why Advent preaching needs to “cut to the chase”—and call us to conversion now.

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The First Noel: Why shepherds heard the Good News first

by Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols December 14, 2025December 14, 2025

Hark! host Maggi Van Dorn visits a farm near the Welsh border and takes up fiddle lessons again in this episode on “The First Nowell” (original Cornish spelling) to find out why.