Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor-in-chief of America Media, returns to “Preach” to discuss his Advent homily series, designed to be more cohesive than the usual week-to-week, stand-alone Sunday homilies that ...

Here’s one from the vault: my homily for this Sunday from 2010. Anyone looking for interesting holiday recipes may have stumbled on a new word that has entered the American lexicon: “Cherpumple.” It’s ...

As Advent got underway, Pope Francis included in his morning Mass homilies specific graces Catholics should pray for as they prepare for Christmas. In the chapel of his residence Tuesday, Pope Francis ...

I remember when I was a young kid in Peru, there was a watchman at my house throughout the night. He walked around the property all night, making sure no one broke into the property. At daybreak he’d ...

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the Capuchin Franciscan friar who has served as preacher to the papal household since 1980, devoted his December 5 Advent sermon to the Pope and the members of the Roman ...

COMMENTARY: Drawing from the spiritual wisdom of the great St. Bernard of Clairvaux, we can now observe the season with a broader horizon. The word ‘Advent’ is from the Latin ‘adventus’ for ‘coming’ ...

Here is a translation of Benedict XVI’s homily at first vespers for the First Sunday of Advent, which he celebrated Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, With these ...