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The 19th-century English poet Christina Rossetti had never heard of COVID-19, climate change or many of the woes that beset us in the bleak midwinter of 2020.

Long months of the vicious COVID-19 pandemic preceded the arrival of this year's Advent season leading to Christmas. Neither Advent nor Christmas in 2020 will escape the pandemic's shadow.

At his baptism at a Catholic church in Shanghai, Dalù said that he “cried like a baby” knowing that his sins were being washed away. His journey to faith began with singing Christmas carols in 2009, and eventually led him to seek asylum in Rome.

Moses models "face to face" prayer in stillness and silence before God, the director of the annual Lenten papal retreat told members of the Roman Curia. Authentic prayer is an encounter with the “fire” that makes us capable of carrying out our prophetic mission of witness, he said.

VATICAN CITY -- During his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis discussed the second beatitude, Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted, emphasizing the value of compunction.

The three challenges facing both the U.S. Catholic Church and this country right now are segregation, polarization and resignation, Boston College professor Hosffman Ospino told attendees at the 58th Annual Southwest Liturgical Conference Study Week in Tucson.

VATICAN CITY -- An icon of the encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus was chosen as the official logo for the worldwide celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God.

VATICAN CITY -- A true apostle is one who continues to be a courageous and joyful evangelizer even in the face of persecution and certain death, Pope Francis said.

A church-run radio station in the Philippines has launched a nationwide campaign among Catholics to mark their "Holy Birth Day."

HANOI, Vietnam -- A Catholic leading prelate in Vietnam has asked Catholics in the communists-ruled country to focus on environmental protection in the coming lunar new year by working for a clean and healthy environment.

PIORNAL, Spain -- Every year on the feast of St. Sebastian, a young man from the Spanish village of Piornal dons a suit covered in colorful strips of cloth, He puts on a large, coned-shaped monster mask, and a head covering with long horns -- along with plenty of protective gear underneath.

St. Dominic founded the Dominican order.

Saint Beatrice, or Beatrix, was a martyr who died in Rome during the fourth century Diocletian persecution (302 or 303).