This Christmas, US churches are preparing for a frenzy of festivity
RNS A few hours after the Washington National Cathedral posted on Facebook on 29th November that admission to its Christmas family service and Advent concerts this year would require a $US7 ticket, the cathedral backed down in the face of the ire of its own parishioners and apologised for its decision. In a statement on […]
Patriarch of Jerusalem’s edict puts unity on Holy Land’s Christmas in doubt
Amman, JordanRNS The Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, whose authority extends over some 130,000 Middle Eastern Christians, has posted a memo on the patriarchate website that appears to overturn a 45-year-old agreement with Western Christian churches to unify the celebration of Christian holidays. Since 1975, Western and Eastern Christians in Jordan, the Palestinian territories (with the […]
After centuries, no Christmas Day Mass at Paris’ Notre Dame
Paris, FranceBosNewsLife The Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most famed religious landmarks in the French capital, was unable to host Christmas Mass for the first time in centuries because of a massive fire earlier this year. And there are fears the Paris landmark can not be saved. But the faithful did not give up […]