The Nativity scene and Christmas tree set up in the Church ... Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Gabriel Romanelli The Catholic Church’s jubilee on the theme of hope will also begin in the ...

The 12th Day of Christmas, Epiphany, has special significance in Ireland. It is known as “Little Christmas” — Nollaig Beag — ...

towering Christmas trees adorn piazzas, and Nativity scenes beckon from churches and storefronts alike. Against this dazzling backdrop, the first pilgrims for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee ...

A Claremont church known for its politically charged nativity sets is using the iconic Christmas scene to remind the community to come together in the face of social and political divisiveness.

For the past 23 years, volunteers have spent weeks making Christmas magic happen here at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Westbury, with an detailed Italian nativity scene called Presepio.

There are many fond memories and cherished, time-honored traditions, rituals and symbols that mark this time of the year -- the symbols of the Christmas tree, the ritual of decorating it, the ...

The traditional Christian procession arrived in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ as described in the Bible, in the ...

Around the Christmas season ... ordered that a permanent Nativity scene be erected at Santa Maria Maggiore, the largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Rome. Nativity imagery dominated ...

For the family of Milton Auta, the drive-thru Nativity scene at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church will be a cherished memory of their first Christmas season in America. The family had heard of the ...

The Rev. Patrick Briscoe, a Catholic ... of the Nativity allow Christians everywhere to embrace the solemn mystery of Christmas," said Briscoe. "Setting up a Nativity scene in your home allows ...

On quiet nights during the Christmas season, Ed O’Malley enjoys visiting the Nativity scene he helps set up every year in an Arlington Heights park. He’ll check whether the wind has blown over a ...

Members of a church in Orange Beach show their appreciation of the Nativity Scene through a special exhibit. Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve Top 30 College football recruiting class ...