Many Christians attending church the next four Sundays will see the celebrant wearing purple. It is the liturgical colour for Advent, the four weeks leading to Christmas. Advent means “coming.” The ...

I wish I had thrown a party for the beginning of the liturgical year. Instead, I went to Mass and got an ill-inspired tip-of-the-hat, practically un-reverential curtsy to this wonderful season and ...

Legal battles over purple wrappers among chocolatiers prompt remarks. Cadbury recently won a legal battle to prevent chocolate competitor Nestle from using a trademarked shade of purple on its candy ...

November has come, and with it a flurry of Christmas-themed content and marketing from the secular shopping world. For small Catholic businesses looking to reach their yearly sales goals, pushing ...

The Meaningful Chocolate Company has changed its box from purple to red A legal row between Cadbury and a small confectioner over the use of the colour purple on packaging was "demeaning", a senior ...

CEBU, Philippines - Although the symbolism of the Advent Wreath and the Advent Candles can be more meaningful in the northern countries, it can also be meaningful for us. In the northern countries, ...

Find today’s readings here. Once every six or seven years, when Christmas falls on a Monday, we have the shortest Advent possible and the Fourth Sunday of Advent, as it does this year, falls on ...

A Christmas tree stands at the Grote Markt in Brussels on Nov. 27. (Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse Getty Images) In general, I am open to changes in Christmas traditions. However, to Diana ...

A legal row between Cadbury and a small confectioner over the use of the colour purple on packaging was "demeaning", a senior Essex church figure has said. The Meaningful Chocolate Company redesigned ...

A legal row between Cadbury and a small confectioner over the use of the colour purple on packaging was "demeaning", a senior Essex church figure has said. The Meaningful Chocolate Company redesigned ...

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