Christmas Eve traditions vary widely around the world. Italians have a seafood dinner on Christmas Eve called the "Feast of the Seven Fishes." In Germany, it's tradition for people to eat potato ...

A blessed Christmas Eve to you! It is my privilege to share with you a few words on this holy day and holy weekend. Throughout the centuries people of all ages and walks of life have expressed in ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Cardinal Blase Cupich recorded his message for this year's Christmas Eve mass.It was live streamed at midnight from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral. Only 200 parishioners were ...

In Hume's family, the Christmas tree wasn't decorated until Christmas Eve. As a kid, he would "go to bed, struggle very much to fall asleep, and in the morning I'd come out and find that Santa had ...

But on Christmas Eve, the martyrology emerges from the darkness for its moment in the light. ... Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints! Patti Maguire Armstrong Blogs.

CNA Staff, Dec 24, 2023 / 11:40 am. On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis urged Christians not to confuse Christmas with consumerism but to celebrate the birth of Christ by sharing with those who are ...

Vatican City, Dec 24, 2020 / 13:00 pm. On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis said that the poverty of Christ's birth in a stable contains an important lesson for today.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Over 50 years ago, as human beings first set eyes upon another world, they paused to celebrate Christmas Eve and reflect on what the holiday meant for the conflicted planet ...