The Pope's first New Year's Mass can be followed live on the Vatican News website. Likewise, the Mass can be attended free of ...

Sunday, Aug. 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mass Readings for Mass during the day: Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Psalm 45:10, 11, 12, 16; 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 ...

Explore the significance of Mary Jan. 1 and its connection to the celebration of Jesus's birth and the veneration of Mary.

Q: If the church’s new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) a holy day ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first public Mass of 2026 on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, telling believers that Mary ...

Jan. 1 marks more than the start of a new year — it is also the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the World Day of Peace. The two celebrations are connected because, as St. Paul VI wrote in 1974, ...

Writing this on New Year’s day, Thursday, January 1, 2026, after returning from 10:00 am Mass at St. John’s, solemnity of ...