TODAY's Craig Melvin spoke with his pastor, Rev. Jeff Rider, at Green's Farms Church in Westport, Connecticut about the conversations he had with his brother Lawrence, who was a Baptist minister, and coping with loss. Rev. Rider shared how he counsels those experiencing grief during the holidays. | Today Show

‘More spiritual than celebratory.’ Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch led Christmas mass at Gaza’s only Catholic church just days before the holiday, in his first visit since the October truce. Palestinian Christians are marking Christmas amid displacement and near-daily Israeli ceasefire violations. | Al Jazeera English

Palestinian children are decorating Gaza’s only Catholic church for Christmas celebrations for the first time after 2 years of genocide. Pope Francis used to call the Holy Family Church almost every day until his death. | AJ