Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the shadow of the war in Gaza to celebrate its first festive Christmas in more than two ...

Described in the Gospel of Matthew as the celestial sign that led the Magi to the newborn Jesus, the star stands at the ...

We all know the Christmas story is one in which peace and joy are proclaimed. However, when I began to research my book, that ...

At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first, packed Christmas Eve Mass as leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of ...

Jesus’s birth was a silent night, when all was calm and all was bright, but there was a context to the Christmas story critical to understanding the ...

The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as they are in today’s fractured world too.

Thousands flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve, the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born. It's in ...

On December 25, Christians worldwide celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ—the humble birth of the Savior in a Bethlehem cave to the Virgin Mary. Announced by angels to shepherds and ...