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THE BISHOPS WIFE MOVIE POSTER

Zelda Caldwell

9 Delightfully retro Christmas movies

APPLE,APPLE TREE

J-P Mauro

How St. Jerome’s pun made an apple the “forbidden fruit”

CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY, BETHLEHEM, RENOVATIONS

Stephen Beale

Church on site of Jesus’ birth uncovers mosaics dating from the 4th century

CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL

Victorino Matus

A guide to very merry Christmas drinking

LAND OF THE MONASTERIES

J-P Mauro

Israeli site of Christ’s baptism is clearing away thousands of landmines

SILENT NIGHT CHAPEL,AUSTRIA

Patty Knap

“Silent Night,” the most popular song of all time, is 200!

CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART,THE ART OF HOPE

J-P Mauro

This museum offers hope to families of opioid addicts

CATACOMBS

Stephen Beale

Rome’s Catacombs witness to the Catholic faith of the early Church

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SINGING, NOVA NOVA FIT EX EVA

J-P Mauro

Hymn of the week: “Nova Nova Ave Fit Ex Eva”

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

John Burger

How Mary, Queen of Scots, fits into the Catholic history of Britain

POINSETTIAS

J-P Mauro

How poinsettias became the most popular potted Christmas plant

BING CROSBY, WHITE CHRISTMAS

J-P Mauro

Did you know “White Christmas” popularized secular Christmas music?

DESTRUCTION OF SODOM

J-P Mauro

Scientists suggest biblical Sodom destroyed by meteoric explosion

VATICAN, NATIVITY SCENE,SAND SCULPTURE

Zelda Caldwell

Exclusive photos: Sneak peek at Vatican’s sandy Nativity scene

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

J-P Mauro

Shakespeare poem found to have pro-Catholic coded messages

DEAD SEA SCROLLS

John Burger

Archaeologists think new Dead Sea Scrolls may be found

MANNHEIM.STEAMROLLER

J-P Mauro

Mannheim Steamroller still holds #3 spot for biggest-selling Christmas album

LINDORES,ABBEY

J-P Mauro

Medieval Scottish abbey reveals what may be the oldest whisky still

HANDELS,MESSIAH

Matthew Becklo

12 Reasons you should be listening to Handel’s Messiah

ST. JOHN LATERAN,INTERIOR

J-P Mauro

Ancient Roman history revealed beneath St. John Lateran

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