The joyous preparations that typically mark the approach of the feast of the Nativity have taken on a different hue in the city of Bethlehem.

Against growing concerns about millions of people going hungry worldwide, the Archdiocese of Nairobi launched a milk processing plant in November to help local communities in central Kenya fight food insecurity and malnutrition.

The world has become very small and dangerous for the 600 Palestinian Gaza Christians sheltering at the Holy Family Parish church compound in Gaza City almost since the start of the Israeli-Hamas war Oct. 7.

Photos featured this week include the Nativity scene and Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a procession in the neighborhood surrounding Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in St. Paul and the 30th Posada Without Borders celebration at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico.

Missionary work and digital culture have come face-to-face — a fact recognized by the Synod on Synodality, which concluded its first session in Rome and is set to resume in October 2024.

A Catholic church in Ukraine named for St. Nicholas marked its patron’s feast day by enshrining relics from St. John Paul II, who witnessed the power of faith over authoritarianism.

Each Sunday during the Buffalo Bills training camp, Basilian Father Kevin Mannara with Deacon Jonathan Schott offers an early morning Mass for Catholic players and coaches before practice.

The Magnificat is among the most theologically powerful speeches in the entirety of the New Testament. Given its place in the narrative of the birth of Our Lord, the commencement of Advent is the perfect time for meditating on Our Lady’s words.