A historian describes the turbulent times of the real nativity By Joan Taylor Every year, millions of people sing the ...

The contextual, bigger story of the nativity and Jesus’ childhood is relevant today, in our times of fracturing and “othering ...

Legends about Jesus’ early years circulated widely in the Middle Ages. Mary Dzon reflects on some of the stories.

Celebrated immediately after Christmas, St Stephen’s Day highlights how the joy of Christ’s birth is tied to sacrifice, ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the ...

Online criticism followed after images of the billboard went viral, with many users refuting the organization’s claims about ...

Jesus’s birth was a silent night, when all was calm and all was bright, but there was a context to the Christmas story critical to understanding the ...

On Christmas night, Jupiter will be one of the brightest objects in the sky — and a  stand-in for the mythical “Christmas ...

Adah: The wife of Esau, and the second woman mentioned in the Bible, after Eve. Julia: The name of a young Christian woman ...

St. Matthew’s Gospel records a very quiet and subdued version of the birth of Jesus. Joseph and Mary were engaged to be ...

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

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the “Christmas Star” from the ...