Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this ...

Jews around the globe lit the first of eight candles on Wednesday and came together to celebrate and reflect on their history ...

A worshipper walks through the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve ...

St. Francis was inspired, it is believed, by his pilgrimage to the Holy Land to depict the scene of Christ’s birth in a literal way. As his first biographer, Brother Thomas of Celano, explains it, St.

The names of the main figures in the nativity scene are displayed on wooden posts in the design nativity scene on the pier in ...