Christmas is around the corner — a holiday celebrated worldwide by believers and skeptics alike. Whether people celebrate Christmas as one of the most important holidays in the Christian faith or ...

Thousands celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem for the first time since the implementation of the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas ...

The Holy Father celebrated the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord with Mass during the night, held in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24. Pope Francis gives his homily at Christmas Mass at St. Peter's ...

Encouraged by a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas in October, Bethlehem brought back its annual Christmas celebrations.

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of ...

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, ...

Christmas promises that God is with people the world has forgotten. The first Christmas, Mary and Joseph were forced to ...

The central issue of Christmas is the identity of the baby. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of a child named Jesus, who was laid in the manger more than 2,000 years ago in a little town ...

NEW YORK - A mother who left her newborn baby in a Christmas manger inside a New York City church will not be prosecuted, authorities said Wednesday. "After a full review of all the facts and ...

(RNS) — This Christmas, sisters Allison Hottinger and Lisa Kalberer are celebrating 5 million acts of kindness inspired by what they call 'The Giving Manger.' (RNS) — When Allison Hottinger and Lisa ...

Willow Street Mennonite Church brought the story of Christmas to life this month with live Nativity presentations on Dec. 18, 19 and 24. Guests began their journey in the church’s multipurpose room ...