It's still Christmas....

I'm persevering with the Christmas spirit, and will listen to carols until the 6th. 

It's a Wonderful Life...

I’ve had the loveliest Christmas…

I felt called to stay in London for Christmas and I’ve been enjoying the festivities with my housemates who are Indian and Latin American ...

For Unto Us a Child is Born - Handel Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Let's take the road before us and sing a chorus or two...

Padre Pio’s favourite painting of Our Lady: its Christmas significance

This depiction of Our Lady of Grace is painted on the wall and ceiling behind the altar in the church of San Giovanni Rotondo, where Padre P...

Although it's been said many times, many ways...

Of all the soaps in all of London… St Anthony found this one for me…

St Anthony found soap for me? You must think that I’ve lost it. You might think that I’m a Sense and Sensibility short of a whole set of J...

Andrea Bocelli - Adeste Fideles

The Clancy Bros at Christmas

Mulier Fortis could swing her cats to this. And Rocco Palmo could practise his Irish language skills; Rocco is quite the fan of the Irish la...

Happy Christmas - Nollaig Shona daoibhse

'Nollaig Shona daoibhse' - Happy Christmas to you all! May the Divine Son and the Blessed Virgin Mary pour upon you the richest Chri...

When you rejoice in the birth of the Christ Child, please pray for this fighting-for-his-life six inch baby

I promised an update on the Catholic lady – a good friend of a journalism colleague – who had been planning to have an abortion after learn...

The forbidden word...

Courtesy of The Daily Telegraph , I learned that Members of the US House of Representatives have been banned from using ‘Merry Christmas...

Santa's Identity Crisis

Have yourself a merry little Christmas...

A 21 year-old Judy Garland stars in Meet me in St Louis. Margaret O'Brien who plays Tootie won an Oscar for her portrayal of the child w...

From Padre Pio's handwritten diary - Jesus's newborn cries were "the first ransom for our redemption"

"Far into the night, at the coldest time of the year, in a chilly grotto, more suitable for a flock of beasts than for humans, the pr...

The holly and the ivy...

The wonder of life...

The Pope's Christmas Card...

Oooh, I wish that I were a recipient of a Christmas card from the Pope! I'd frame it and hang it on the wall for decades to come. I'...

O Come, O Come Emmanuel...