Quito (Agenzia Fides) - To bring the true sense and Message of Christmas into the homes of Ecuadorians, starting on Sunday 16 November a special Novena of Christmas television programme will be ...

Apart from the Christmas extravaganza, the Catholic Church prays the Christmas Novena (the Latin word ‘novem’ means ‘nine’) and most of the parishes pray this devotion early in the morning. This ...

TURIN, Italy — An Italian priest named Father Charles Vachetta is credited with writing a novena in 1721 to inspire his parishioners during Advent. Today, that novena is known as the “Christmas Novena ...

For nine days until 25 December, the daily night Mass (Simbang Gabi) is celebrated before dawn. The tradition dates back to the 17th century. For the archbishop of Manila, those “who use power to ...

On Gaudete Sunday, Pope Francis celebrated a Filipino Christmas tradition in St. Peter's Basilica -- the Simbang Gabi Christmas novena. "In the Philippines, for centuries, there has been a novena in ...

THE Carmelites in Termonbacca are preparing for the second year of a novena they introduced to Derry last December. The Novena to the Divine Child will run from December 8 to 16 and is rich with ...

This weekend, the Christians begin the season of Advent. In Guyana, we begin the Novena on 15 to 23 December. Christmas Novena has a long history and tradition, which could be traced back to 1861 when ...

Message of peace and giving as thousands gather for traditional period of piety Dubai: A message of peace, love and mercy is being sent out of St Mary’s Church Dubai ahead of the Christmas ...

Pope Francis invited Rome’s Filipino community to celebrate Gaudete Sunday Mass at the Vatican in honor of the first day of the Simbang Gabi Christmas novena. Pope Francis celebrates Gaudete Sunday ...