Giant noses, peyos and booze are props in the Christmas-season plays called verteps, hosted and attended by church officials ...

One of Christianity's longest-running debates hinges on a passage from the Bible that refers to the brothers and sisters of ...

For centuries, the world accepted Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus—but historians say the evidence tells a different story. Two gospel accounts clash, timelines break, and the Roman census at the ...

The tradition of dressing up a baby Jesus statue began in a Mexico City church nearly 60 years ago. It moved to the cathedral for this World Cup and Mexico hasn’t lost yet. By James Wagner Reporting ...

Hundreds of plaster Baby Jesus figurines are scattered around scores of stalls in the Niños Dios market of Mexico's capital, where many of the city's Catholic faithful go early each year for help in ...

Most scholars argue that Jesus was likely born in Nazareth, not Bethlehem. The two gospel accounts that mention Bethlehem contradict each other in major ways. Earlier sources never mention the town at ...

A Baby Jesus statue kidnapped outside a Long Island government building has been returned, police said. “The Baby Jesus statue that was reported stolen from a Nativity scene … has been returned,” ...

But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes is a line from one of my least favorite Christmas carols. Apart from being generally saccharine, Away in a Manger depicts baby Jesus as something truly ...

Thousands flocked to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas for the first time since the implementation of the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas peace deal. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who has served as the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit. The giant Christmas tree that was ...

EVANSTON, Ill. - An Illinois church is facing criticism for displaying a Nativity scene that depicts baby Jesus with his hands zip-tied and guarded by figures styled as Immigration and Customs ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — Mother Mary wearing a respirator mask to protect herself from tear gas. Baby Jesus with zip-tied hands, wrapped in a thin blanket that looks like aluminum foil. Masked centurions with ...