A traditionally Christian festival to celebrate the birth of Christ has morphed into a secular jamboree season.
“2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and ...
Christmas Eve will be observed Tuesday as thousands of people will gather in area churches to celebrate the birth of Jesus ...
When we remember John R. Donahue, S.J., prominent themes that come to mind include his passions for Catholic biblical ...
The Nativity scene, often depicting animals like oxen, sheep, and camels, serves as a reminder of humanity's historical connection to animals and the responsibilities we have toward them. St. Francis ...
At the birth of Christ, according to the Gospel of Luke, the first to visit the manger were simple shepherds. This figure is ...
Rohr is an American Franciscan priest, and his main influences, besides Jesus, have been Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, and ...
In the run-up to Christmas, primary schools and Sunday schools often put on Nativity plays This custom, however, is a ...
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is healthy (or good, simple), your whole body will be full of light” (Matthew 6:22; Luke 11:34). In Christian tradition, the eye is both the ...
What a world we live in when Myer has had to do away with the opening of the treasured Christmas shop windows that have ...
POTTSTOWN — Join First Presbyterian Church of Pottstown, 750 N. Evans St., on Sunday, Dec. 22, for worship at 10:30 am. Our ...
The Bible tells an overall story about the history of the world: creation, fall, redemption and Last Judgement. But who wrote ...