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Christmas tree’s red lights, bows call attention to Christian persecution
- Dec 7, 2019
This year the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Christmas tree was bedecked with 17,000 red lights and 2,500 red bows to draw attention to the ongoing persecution and martyrdom of Christians around the world.
Michigan sisters sing at National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony
- Nov 28, 2018
If you want to hear the voices of the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist, the best bet is to listen to them sing at the White House National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse outside the White House.
Everything you didn’t know about Christmas
- Dec 17, 2017
Judith Flanders, author and scholar of 19th-century history, says, “Anything you think you know about Christmas is wrong.”
Nativity scene, Christmas tree are visible signs of God’s compassion
- Dec 7, 2017
A Nativity scene and Christmas tree, like those displayed in St. Peter’s Square, are visible reminders of God’s benevolence and closeness to all men and women, Pope Francis said.
Towering Christmas tree arrives at Vatican from Poland
- Nov 23, 2017
ROME — A towering Christmas tree that survived a lightning strike in Poland has been set up in St. Peter’s Square as the Vatican gets ready for the holidays. The tree, which was pulled into place Thursday by a crane, will be decorated and illuminated on Dec. 7 during a
Sri Lanka Catholics lambaste world’s tallest Christmas tree
- Dec 25, 2016
The 238-foot-tall tree costs $80,000, and was criticized by the Catholic Church as a “waste of money.” Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, representing the island nation’s 1.5 million Catholics, suggested that the funds would be better spent on helping the poor.
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