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Pope Francis greets young people after celebrating Mass with youths Nov. 30 at St. Mary's Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar. Foreign trips, a focus on the rights and needs of migrants and refugees and a Synod of Bishops dedicated to young people all are on the 2018 calendar for Pope Francis. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis, newly 81, will begin 2018 with a focus on Mary and on migrants and refugees.
Chaldean Christians in Mosul, Iraq, attend Christmas Mass at St. Paul Cathedral Dec. 24. (CNS photo/Amar Salih, EPA)
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
The Iraqi national anthem opened the Mass as women wailed with emotion.
FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
Today’s feast reminds us to seek God’s love anew through our loved ones.
A mother and daughter are seen at a refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Oct. 22. (CNS photo/Hannah McKay, Reuters) 
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
A family is forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution. This is the classic modern-day definition of a refugee.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
In Europe, Christmas is being stripped of its true nature "in the name of a false respect for those who are not Christian."
FaithDispatches
Joseph McAuley
Christmas is a wonderful and joyful mystery and we humans can never, ever really understand it.