Here are seven often-missed details in the Nativity story each one adding new richness to our understanding of Christmas ...

The unexplained years of Jesus’ life, between his youth and ministry, have inspired enduring theories of eastern travel. From ...

The first recorded incidence of Christmas being celebrated dates back to the Roman Empire in 336 AD, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine. So technically, the Romans invented it – although ...

Johannes Albl (left) and members of his family (including his brother, Markus, and his parents, Josef and Barbara Albl) pose ...

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.

Pope Leo XIV inaugurated the Christmas season Wednesday, telling believers that receiving the infant Jesus in current times ...

Every Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of a child born into oppression – an occupied land, a climate of political ...

From the perspective of liturgy or the public worship of the Church, Christmas time begins with the Vigil Mass on December 24 ...

What do we really know about Jesus as a child? A look at the sparse Gospel accounts, the turbulent world of first-century ...

Greek philosophy deeply influenced how early Christians understood Christmas, transforming the Logos and incarnation into the ...

Hidden among farm fields, a small chapel preserves rare relics tied to the Christmas story, offering visitors a quiet place to reflect on faith, history and the meaning of the season.

Since the early 20th century, Christmas has evolved from a religious holiday to a hugely popular cultural holiday observed by ...