Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. Yet, contrary to popular opinion, Christmas isn’t a birthday party for baby Jesus.

Like most of us, Mary and Joseph had little time to enjoy the Christmas events that surrounded them. They were immediately ...

Back when "The 12 Days of Christmas" were more formally observed, today would be the third day.

Pope Francis called for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address on Wednesday, appealing for peace in ...

Every Christmas season, as in every Easter season, I retreat from bread and butter life, including revelry, to retreat as ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this ...

Local residents share stories of faith and resilience as the city’s economic and social struggles grow amid the ongoing war.

The city of Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, will not have the usual ...

For the second consecutive year, the city of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank is commemorating Christmas this year without ...

This Christmas, while massive crowds of pilgrims will flock to Rome for the opening of the Jubilee year, I'll be spending the ...

In Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, Christmas celebrations are muted under the shadow of the ongoing conflict in Gaza and ...

These are God’s first words to us in the Book of Genesis, the opening book of the Bible: “Let there be light!” as He gazed ...