Results of a poll of 9,000 Christian churches last December were released this Dec. 1. What Christmas carols made the Top 10?

Prior to 1964, no pope had left Italy for 150 years. The advent of the 747 and long-haul flights enabled popes to finally visit the world, and the world to visit the pope.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs, by Zac Davis

A Reflection for the Nativity of the Lord, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

I have a confession to make: I have not been to confession yet this Advent. Every year, I bug people to go sometime during the season, and I think most of my family has been. But I have not yet gone myself.

A Reflection for Thanksgiving Day, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time, by Delaney Coyne

The Christmas fair in Madrid was the work of Fundación Contemplare, a nonprofit set up to help Spain’s monasteries continue a legacy of gourmet baked goods and handmade candies but also, more importantly, to support contemplative life and reconnect monasteries with the world around them.

An audience may not realize that Gillis has something substantive to say about American society, because they are also squirming so much

“As religious people, we struggle, we see hard things happen, horrible things happen in this world. And our job is to figure out: How do you reconcile and keep going on within that?”