America's ever-vigilant air defenses have detected a elf headed from the North Pole to the homes of good girls and boys all over the world. Exclusive!

The city’s governor, Najim al-din Umar Karim, announced the decision. He also said he would urge the central government to make 25 December a national holiday. More than 2,000 faithful take part in Christmas Mass. Muslim religious leaders express their best wishes. The governor urges Christians who ...

In his traditional Christmas Day message, Pope Benedict XVI has urged the faithful to seek a "spiritual union" with the less fortunate around the world.

A Christmas message from Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church of America.

In 2011, 170 anti-Christian attacks at the hands of Hindu extremists. Murder, mutilation, destroyed churches, burned Bibles and desecrated graves the most common episodes. The President of the Global Council of Indian Christians: "The crib is the essence of Christmas, and all the houses are small ...

Located on the edge of the Central American city, a garbage dump is home to the poorest of Guatemala City where children scavenge to earn their daily bread.

Christmas is a visible sign of God's love for us.

Tradition calls for a period of fasting and reflection in preparation for the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord, Christmas.

Come Wisdom! Come Lord! Come Root of Jesse! Come Key of David! Come Dayspring! Come King of Gentiles! Come Emmauel! Come Virgin Born! For Anglicans, this is a season of hope, and heartbreak.

Christmas 2011 is marked by economic crisis, unemployment, and anxiety, even among wealthy Chinese millionaires. Post-tsunami Japan, Post-earthquake Indonesia and Turkey, Post-flood Vietnam, Thailand and Laos show that there is also an ecological emergency. In all these situations the Churches of ...

Using an electronic Android table, Pope Benedict lit the largest Christmas tree in the world.

Playing at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn NJ, White Christmas not only reprises the iconic 1954 film, but improves upon it.

The Phillipian Fast has an ancient heritage in the Church, dating back to at least 380 and the Council of Saragossa.