Father Doyle, who served as chaplain for 16 years, recalled conducting the blessings each year after the final Christmas Mass ...

A choir appears, singing as a litany of Irish saints is recited. The depicted May ceremony would be the last of its kind, as the blessing would move to Christmas Day later that year. The Irish ...

The leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has described Christmas as a “radical blessing” from God. Cardinal Vincent Nichols said: “In the birth of Jesus, the presence in our ...

Celebrate the start of 2025 with these Irish New Year's Eve toasts and blessings to ring in a new year. Here's to 2025!

Freedom Square was always the focal point of Kharkiv’s festive season too, as locals and visitors came to see its main Christmas tree and illuminations and, even just weeks before the all-out ...

CHRISTMAS is the perfect time to have a glass ... the most popular alcoholic beverages during the holidays. The popular Irish cream liqueur is typically not something that can be taken in ...

A mother who fled home with her children on Christmas Day after her “extremely drunk” husband became angry over a Christmas jumper has obtained a protection order against him. Her adult ...

All. Amen. (Sprinkles tree with holy water.) Then the family can sing a song, an Advent carol, if it knows one, then it is time to bless the crib and eat Christmas Eve supper.

Six people have lost their lives on Irish roads over the Christmas period. Since Sunday, December 22, four pedestrians and two drivers have been killed in road traffic collisions. This brings the ...