Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

While religious Jews await the Messiah, Christians think he has already visited and await a Second Coming. Previously he came ...

The pontiff spoke this morning at the end of the Wednesday general audience, despite a bronchitis. “May paths of peace be ...

Church officials say it means a lot to them to always keep the shrine open to the public, especially in December and January when the manger scene ... of the baby Jesus from the display inside ...

and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. The reader concludes: The gospel of the Lord. All respond: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. The figures may be placed in ...

If you're looking for a place to order a king cake this season, the Jackson area has options. Most shops stop selling king cake on the last day of Carnival, also known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, ...

"Please let's pray for peace, let's do penance for peace," he said during his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall ...

but not all scholars are convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem. Only two of the four Gospels mention his birth, and they provide diverging accounts: the traditional manger and ...

The Three Kings brought expensive classic gifts because they thought they would meet a king or potentate, which of course ...

A few weeks ago in a meeting with other district clergy, a question raised was, “Is Epiphany a day or a season?” Technically, the Sundays following Epiphany (Jan. 6) are called the Sundays after ...

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Gov. JB Pritzker and a handful of fellow Democratic governors conferred with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last night, urging him to get his caucus in line to push back at ...

The Chamber hosted its 100th annual awards banquet Thursday at The Legacy, honoring businesses and volunteers. Elizabeth Cockerham, East Texas Deputy Regional Director for Senator Cornyn, read a ...