Christmas Eve
Pope says ‘our hearts are in Bethlehem’ as he presides over the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s
By Associated Press — January 1, 2024
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Francis, draped in white robes, led the Mass standing at the foot of one of St. Peter’s grand columns.
Why Christianity remains an in-person religion, even in a pandemic
By Bob Smietana — December 24, 2020
(RNS) — The COVID-19 pandemic has been a reminder for many Christians that their worship is an in-person experience at its core.
Do not lose hope, Pope Francis says at Christmas vigil: God loves you no matter what
By Claire Giangravé — December 24, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Under the dome of Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated the Christmas vigil Mass on Tuesday (Dec. 24) by reminding faithful of the redeeming power of grace and admonishing them to 'take courage,' because 'God loves you.'
Pope on Christmas: Bethlehem trek’s like today’s migrations
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 24, 2017
(AP) — Migrants are 'surviving the Herods of today' who shed innocent blood to impose their power, Pope Francis said.
‘How do we welcome the tenderness of God?’ Pope Francis’ Christmas Eve homily
By Yonat Shimron — December 24, 2014
(RNS) "When we realize that God is in love with our smallness, that he made himself small in order to better encounter us, we cannot help but open our hearts to him, and beseech him: “Lord, help me to be like you."
A rabbi’s Christmas sermon: May God become incarnate in you
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 23, 2014
(RNS) Jews believe God cannot become human, and humans cannot become God. But sometimes we transcend that distance through prayer and worship, through the study of sacred texts and through altruistic acts.
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