Eleven days before Christmas, on the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light, the massacre of young and old at Sydney’s Bondi Beach threw a blanket of sorrow over what should be one of ...
In all its artistic iterations across millennia, the nativity remains inherently political in its depiction of God choosing ...
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Was Jesus really born on Christmas Day?
Scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 BCE in the town of Bethlehem, located in the modern-day West Bank. The Middle Eastern territory is located in what is now Palestine, though Israel has ...
Las Posadas -- observed from Dec. 16 to Dec. 24 -- commemorate the arduous trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary ...
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What world was Jesus born into? A historian describes the turbulent times of the real nativity
We all know the Christmas story is one in which peace and joy are proclaimed, and this permeates our festivities, family gatherings and present-giving.
Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, entrusting the country and the wider Middle East to the intercession of ...
ANNAYA, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he brought a message of peace, hope and religious coexistence to a region torn ...
The people of Bari, a city in southern Italy, have a deep devotion to St. Nicholas, their patron saint and beloved protector. “How can you not love St. Nicholas? And how can you not feel loved by St.
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Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s
After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war in Gaza, thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve.
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