The Vatican's nativity scene reopens to the public, but without the controversial Palestinian symbol.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After receiving backlash from Jewish groups, the Vatican chose to not put the keffiyeh back in its ...

That Baby Jesus with outstretched arms, carved from olive wood from the Holy Land by Bethlehem's master craftsmen, has now ...

A nativity scene that tells stories of life. In the heart of Botteghino di Zocca, a small town in the province of Bologna, ...

Russian Orthodox communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta celebrate Slaviq — well-known in the region for its tradition ...

The donkey, though not mentioned in the New Testament, is symbolically significant in Christian tradition, rooted in both the ...

A sign placed in downtown Kelowna caused a stir ahead of the holiday season this December. Each year, the Knights of Columbus ...

January 7 marks an alternate Christmas tradition, namely the Orthodox Christmas, and a very strong one at that ...

Palestinian Christians from Bethlehem gathered at the historic Church of the Nativity to hear their prominent Palestinian Lutheran pastor, Rev. Munther Isaac, preach hope amidst the ongoing war.

Vladimir Putin has marked Russian Orthodox Christmas by attending church in Moscow alongside fighters in his war against ...

An incomplete nativity scene is central to the mystery ... but putting up the tree is my favourite tradition. It’s such a symbol of the season. We put on some Christmas songs, break out the ...