What does 'peace on earth' mean at Christmas in a world at war? Christmas is not about fake happiness or a plastic smile, nor is it naivete about the presence of evil.

They also said wishing Christians a “merry Christmas” is forbidden under an Indonesian Ulema Council fatwa (religious edict) issued in 1981. The Jakarta-based Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace ...

The United States, some hold, is a nation founded on Judeo-Christian values. Those pushing to demonize the greeting of "Merry Christmas" in favor of "Happy Holidays"—the argument goes—are ...

Messages of hope and peace are being heard around the world this Christmas Day. From midnight Mass in New Orleans to the lighting of the Hanukkah candles this evening in Jerusalem, religious ...

This Christmas, I invite you to give Christ’s peace to others, as he did for his Apostles and does for each of us at Mass. Let us actively participate in the completion of God’s plan for our ...

In this Christmas season, each of us can decide to seek peace. We must decide this even as wars are raging, and while missiles whiz overhead and bombs burst on the ground, destroying lives and ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 25 -- A fatigued but determined Pope John Paul II read his traditional Christmas Day blessing to the faithful in St. Peter's Square Thursday and prayed for salvation from the ...

Heartwarming religious Christmas quotes 1. “Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.” — Pope Francis 2. “God rest ye, merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, For ...

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Christmas is fast approaching in its splendour, and people are revelling in its festivities with joy and excitement. During this time, a deluge of inspirational religious Christmas messages flows ...