Like many converts, I didn’t learn my way into Catholicism. I fell in love. The learning came later. I’m still learning, of course. My marriage came about the same way, incidentally. The sound of my ...

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What does this night still have to say to our lives? Two thousand years after the birth of Jesus, after so many Christmases spent amid decorations and gifts, after so much consumerism that has ...

In reference to the op-ed on the commercialization of Santa Claus and how many people didn’t know his history (“How Santa can become less commercialized,” Dec. 7), let’s take this one step further to ...

Advent is a four-week period before Christmas that many Christians and Catholics observe, in preparation for Christmas Day. The season begins four Sundays before Christmas and involves weekly themes ...