In the fall of 1847, a French wine merchant, Placide Cappeau, was asked by his local priest to write a Christmas ... dates from 1855. “O Holy Night” is one of the most dramatically beautiful ...

One of the great blessings of the Catholic faith tradition is its devotion to the saints, those who have gone before us and ...

In the fall of 1847, a French merchant, Placide Cappeau, was asked by his local priest to write a Christmas poem. Cappeau showed this poem, “Minuit, chrétiens,” to the famed French composer ...