Senior clergy say outside agendas are fracturing Christian unity in the Holy Land and undermining their authority.

From the many intriguing details in Mahar Mangahas’ recent column here on the Roman census during the first Christmas (see “The first Christmas census,” 12/20/25), I picked out a reference to the hay ...

The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to introduce a nativity card as a new identification document to prove residency as part of measures to address contemporary concerns related to citizenship ...

The world’s largest nativity scene is welcoming visitors back this year in Alicante, Spain, where the towering display has once again taken over Town Hall Square in the city center. First built in ...

My mother always knew her name to be Belen, that is, until she needed a Philippine Statistics Authority-certified birth certificate to renew her passport. No birth record could be found, prompting us ...

People are upset that a nativity scene was taken down in a town park in Plainville. And some are pushing for it to be brought back. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. “It's ...

For generations, Italian craftspeople have built scenes depicting Jesus’ birth, sometimes including figures of celebrities. This year, some are adding statuettes of President Trump. Figurines of ...

Sandro Botticelli, "The Mystical Nativity" (1500), oil on canvas, held at the National Gallery, London (photo via Wikimedia Commons) The Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola had been martyred less than ...

A small South Carolina town committee refused to remove a Nativity scene from a market parking lot after the mayor ordered it taken down from public property. Around Thanksgiving, Kimberly Byrd, head ...

Activists have recreated the nativity scene in Dublin to draw attention to the conflict in Gaza. The Gaza Solidarity Nativity, organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was enacted ...

Victoria-Maria Geyer's Christmas nativity scene with faceless characters being unveiled at the Grand-Place in Brussels on November 28 (photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP via Getty Images) If you need any ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. In early December, I was ...