Say goodbye to your guests with a round of tequila and assure them the food will be ready shortly. Then put the dish in the oven at the highest possible setting, call the bomb squad — only if you care ...

In 1428, during the Siege of Orléans, French and English forces stopped fighting their Hundred Years’ War to celebrate ...

LAUGHTER and mirth with no hint of tears is what many, if not most, people want during the holidays, from Christmas Eve to ...

A Times Square billboard proclaims "Jesus is a Palestinian." That sentiment is historically inaccurate — and also dangerous.

In many countries, Dec 26, also known as Boxing Day, is better known as St Stephen s Day Stephen was the first Christian ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, condemned Russia for rejecting a holiday ceasefire in Ukraine. He also highlighted ...

American-born Pope Leo XIV used his first Christmas Day message to call for an end to hostilities across the globe during an address in front of tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s ...

Encouraged by a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October, Bethlehem brought back its annual Christmas celebrations.

Of course, God can do any miracle He wants, so it's never possible to say never. But intuitively and historically, barring a ...

After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war in Gaza, thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve.

Hundreds descended on the historic city in the Palestinian territory on Dec. 24 for the first Christmas celebration since the ...

Pope Leo made an appeal for “one full day of peace throughout the world” in a Christmas address outside Castel Gandolfo in Rome, continuing a papal tradition dating back centuries.