During the upcoming Jubilee year, millions of Christian pilgrims will flock to the Eternal City’s innumerable holy places.

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

For the first time since 2007, Hanukkah will begin on Christmas Day — to. While these holidays are distinct in their origins ...

This year’s selections confronted politically charged topics head-on, from immigration to artificial intelligence, Zionism ...

Could Jesus Christ have been born on 25 Kislev, the first night of Hanukkah — the Festival of Lights — in 5 BC? It’s an ...

The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

The story in Matthew’s gospel, that the rumor of a new-born king produced a violent reaction, feels typical of Herod: just in ...

To learn more about the local Pagan community and how they celebrate Winter Solstice each December, begin by imagining an ...

Looking around, one can feel the anguish of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as he wrote the words to a poem that has become known ...

Mass, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, inaugurating the Jubilee of 2025. This year-long period of ...