The nine-day prayer begins on Dec. 16 and concludes on Christmas Eve. Katie Yoder/CNA Features Cardinal Burke Launches Novena for the Universal Church as Conclave Approaches ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 23, 2021 / 16:40 pm. The head of the Knights of Columbus is asking for the order's members to consider "a last-minute Christmas gift": saying a nine-day novena ...

The novena — a prayer repeated for nine consecutive days — can be said at any time of the year. But Catholics are encouraged to begin the prayer on Dec. 19 in order to finish it by the feast ...