On January 7, churches fill up again, homes glow with candles, and families gather to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. This is Orthodox Christmas, observed by around 250 million Christians, mainly ...

Federal posts invoking“our Lord and Savior” prompt concerns about church-state separation and how the rhetoric lands with religious minorities. The Trump White House marked Christmas with a formal ...

The first tree I drew in school was a coconut palm, since maples and oaks were foreign to me. Living in Miami, my sister and I played outside year-round, perhaps donning a light sweater in what ...

The Trump White House marked Christmas with a formal message that celebrated “the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” extending a week of overtly religious holiday communications from federal ...

Pope Leo XIV drew a comparison between Jesus and the plight of Palestinians in Gaza, the people of Yemen, immigrants and refugees in his Christmas Day message from the Vatican on Thursday. Newsweek ...

The birth, life and death of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago changed the world – this is true whether you believe his story or not. For the record, I believe it but I am sympathetic to those who ...

There are two kinds of Canadians whose unusual views about the importance of Jesus in Christmas celebration place them in quirky but significant minorities, according to a new poll. First, there’s the ...

Christmas is here and Christians across the world are celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. However, you may be wondering how the holiday exactly came to be. With no confirmation of Jesus ...

Victor Wembanyama, tinsel tower, leads a five-game suite on Christmas Day. Kirby Lee / Getty Images Here’s to the soft chimes of the “Jingle Hoops,” while the carolers bellow “and-1!” in unison. The ...

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 lesson of Christmas. This context gives insight ...

Pope Leo XIV, front left, prays in front of a nativity scene set in the Paul VI Hall during an audience with donors of the Christmas tree and of the nativity scenes, at the Vatican Monday, Dec. 15, ...

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