This period, known as Emmanuel or "God with us," shifts the focus from anticipation to presence. Five candles burn on the ...

We have reached the third Sunday in Advent, known as “Gaudete Sunday.” In the Western church, “gaudete,” the Latin word for “rejoice,” was the first word of the appointed “introit,” or psalm of the ...

A BAND that first performed at Henley’s Living Advent Calendar 10 years ago returned as the surprise act on Sunday. The ...

Following the liberation of all the children and staff abducted from St. Mary's School in the Nigerian town of Papiri, the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, who manage the school, have expressed deep ...

Toys from an advent calendar that Hull children may have been collecting in the run-up to Christmas have been found to ...

Why does health care reform keep failing despite decades of attention and expanding costs? A scholar of Congress has some ...

The spring 2026 season heralded a crop of new faces, led by Kai Schreiber, the daughter of actors Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber. Just one season after making her runway debut at Valentino, the ...

Stray Kids’ latest album is still going strong in the United States! Two weeks ago, the group’s special album “DO IT” made a historic No. 1 debut on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, making Stray Kids ...

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Funeral plans have been shared for Ella Cook, AL native and a Brown University student who died in the campus shooting last week. Here's what we know.

From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, 2025 has been a ...

ABOUT £10,000 was raised for charities during the Henley Living Advent Calendar. The annual event ended on Christmas Eve ...