At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Midnight Mass in St Peter's Basilica. In his homily, he marvelled at the "wisdom" of the Christmas story — an infant Jesus born to save mankind.

The following passage is from the Bible, Luke 2:1-20, NIV. In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census ...

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.

Every year, millions of people sing the beautiful carol Silent Night, with its line “all is calm, all is bright”. We all know ...

Christmas Eve is a busy day for churches in the Birmingham area hosting services. At St. Paul’s Cathedral in downtown Birmingham, parishioners were planning to attend Christmas Eve Mass at 5 p.m., 8 p ...

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

Catholicism is hot right now. The new American pope is popular for speaking his mind on political subjects such as AI and the ...

By: Mary Dzon, University of Tennessee Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside ...

Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did ...

Jones had been preaching through the Book of John since the church’s 150th anniversary service in late September. Instead of ...

The golden age has been replaced by a grim new reality in which antisemitism is being normalized with terrifying speed.