When “Santa Baby” starts playing at the grocery store, I thank God I’m Catholic and try not to hum along! That can be difficult because it is a catchy—if irritating—tune. During the Advent season, we ...

Finns marked the first Advent on Sunday, which is the beginning of the ecclesiastical year. People flocked to churches to sing traditional Advent hymns and lighted a candle in the window. 27.11.2005 ...

When many Catholics think of Advent music, what comes to mind is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and maybe The King of Glory. However, the Church possesses a treasure house of hymns and carols that ...

This Sunday, Advent Sunday, signals two significant events in many denominations. First, the church year for many mainline denominations begins. Second, Advent begins: an annual period of about four ...

Aled Jones marks the beginning of the Advent countdown to Christmas with a visit to Hexham Abbey. Traditional Advent hymns are sung by members of Royal School of Church Music.

The season of Advent marks the time of preparation and hope for the coming of the Christ in Western Christianity. The traditional Advent period begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, and it ...

The opening of the second Covid-era Christmas season is being celebrated this weekend in Finland on a somewhat muted note amid concerns about record-high levels of coronavirus infections. On Sunday ...