The real story of Christmas, which naturally draws children, is a child arriving to a poor couple and given a bed in a stable ...

Mary points to Jesus — noticeably so, as we celebrate the patroness of the Americas, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Advent. This classic story, released again for a new generation of readers, retells the ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Shoppers are reflected in a Christmas ornament hanging from a tree at SouthPark Mall.

Christmas Season kids' books are overwhelmingly centered on tales of love, kindness, and sharing. Who doesn't enjoy sweet treats, colored lights, and Jingle Bells, shared with family and friends? Even ...

Jesus does not merely resemble today's migrants and displaced people; Jesus is with them. From his very first day, the life ...

Also called Three Kings' Day or Epiphany Day, the holiday is often marked by a traditional sweet bread known as Rosca de ...

The Washington, D.C., my sisters and I grew up in was known as Chocolate City for good reason. As Black children in the city then, we were a majority. We sauntered from school to store to home to ...

The annual challenge for clerics is to present a story listeners think they know everything about — the Son of God being born in a manger to a Virgin far from home — and offer something new, memorable ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...