Christmas is a favorite holiday of Pope Benedict XVI, and his Christmas meditations are among the finest anywhere. Here we offer his take on the silence of St. Joseph. In these last days of Advent, ...

St. John’s account of Christmas is austere in the extreme. It comes down to one line: "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." Not one mention of creche, Mary and Joseph, shepherds, or Wise ...

Some people may have noticed on their calendars that on Jan. 7, it often says “Orthodox Christmas Day,” or “Eastern Orthodox Christmas,” which brings the question, "Why do the Orthodox Christians ...

I love yoga. For over twenty years now I’ve been practicing yoga as a spiritual and physical discipline and I’ve been instructing for almost as long. The Sanskrit word “yoga” means “yoke” and the ...