From the many intriguing details in Mahar Mangahas’ recent column here on the Roman census during the first Christmas (see “The first Christmas census,” 12/20/25), I picked out a reference to ...

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.

There's a lot you may not know about 25! Read these Christmas facts to learn about the origins of the holiday, Santa Claus, ...

In a viral YouTube video, posted to the channel “Associates for Biblical Research,” archaeologist Brian Windle asserted that ...

For example, early prophecies specified that Jesus would be born in the small town of Bethlehem. When Caesar Augustus ...

Few scenes in the Christian imagination are as iconic as the three travelers kneeling before the infant Jesus, their camels ...

For years, mum and I had always fancied visiting Germany to experience its famous Christmas markets. We had been to the likes of Winchester and Bath here in England, but never felt we were getting the ...

Singing the carol "We Three Kings" might not be appropriate in one village, where the life-size nativity only has two wise men. Kath Greenan, chairwoman of the Bamford Old Folks Club, in Derbyshire, ...

I love Cardinal Dolan. He’s the wonderful shepherd of this huge flock in the metropolitan New York area,” one mass-goer said.

There’s no rest for Penn men’s basketball. While many flocked away from Philadelphia to enjoy Thanksgiving break, Penn men’s basketball stayed in the City of Brotherly Love to host the fourth edition ...

The traditional Nativity scene depicts three wise men visiting Jesus just after His birth. How well does this match the Biblical account?