Christmas tree lit at St Peter's square with St Peter's basilica cupola in the background at The Vatican on December 9, 2023. Each year thousands of worshipers gather at St. Peter's Basilica at ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Thousands will make their way into downtown Minneapolis tonight to celebrate Christmas at the Basilica. Volunteers have been preparing the church all morning for the church's ...

The music was outstanding," said Annette Bensworth, who attended mass.For many, Christmas morning mass is a family tradition."We come from a religious country. So every year it's like a tradition ...

Christmas Eve is also the Fourth Sunday of Advent this year.. That means the faithful must attend two Masses to meet their Sunday and Christmas Day obligations. In a newsletter issued in early ...

Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez will lead a bilingual Christmas midnight Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown L.A. The service will begin at 11:30 p.m. Monday with ...

Members of the Black Catholic Choir, Michael Hill, left, and Deborah Powell, right, sing to detainees during Cardinal Blase J. Cupich’s Christmas Day Mass at Cook County Jail on Dec. 25, 2024.

Deacon Vito Taranto gives Communion during Christmas Mass at St. Hugh of Lincoln Roman Catholic Church in Huntington Station on Tuesday. Credit: Barry Sloan. By Newsday StaffDecember 25, 2018.

Pope Francis offers blessing at Christmas Eve Mass 01:03. On Christmas Eve in Italy, church bells rang earlier than usual. The Italian government's 10 p.m. curfew prompted pastors to move up ...

CHICAGO — Several services were held at Holy Name Cathedral Christmas Morning. Parishioners inside Holy Name cathedral are the “reason for the season.” Christmas caroling kicked off about 11 ...

Since 2014, when he was installed as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich has celebrated Christmas Mass for individuals in custody at Cook County Jail — except in 2020 ...

While some Long Islanders spent Wednesday in church celebrating Christmas Day, others prepared for the first night of Hanukkah. It's the first time the two have coincided since 2005.