Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year ... Sunday — is commonly marked by the use of rose-colored candles and vestments, according to the United States Conference of ...

An Advent green wreath with four coloured candles is prominently displayed ... by switching the colour to rose on the third or fourth Sunday. However, many still observe fasting and focus on ...

From that time, the Roman Church has always observed this arrangement of Advent, which gives it four weeks, the fourth being that in which Christmas day falls, unless December 25 be a Sunday.

The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Canon Theologian and Almoner at the Abbey, examines Jesus’ beloved parable of the prodigal son, with its reminder of the new life that repentance can bring. The Reverend ...

The first recorded Palm Sunday ceremony dates back to the 4th century in Jerusalem, but it wasn't introduced to Western Christianity until about the 9th century, Mark Jobe, president of the Moody ...

The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World. The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ who was formed in the womb of His Mother. The wick ...

It took its current form in 2018, under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador—a pugnacious, swaggering populist known ...

A convalescing Pope Francis made a surprise in-person appearance when he greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday ... pope is entering his fourth week of convalescence during ...