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During this Christmas season we are bound to encounter the words “Peace on earth” either in song, a card or from a pulpit. With all the never-ending turmoil, the violence and unrest we see daily ...

Depending on the culture or religion the Epiphany is either January 6 or the first Sunday falling between January 2 and January 8 so, that makes this Epiphany weekend. Epiphany is a celebration of God ...

Ready or not, here it comes. The holidays are upon us. All the lights, the bows, the gifts, the pressure, the songs. Those songs. They get in your head, don’t they, and they just won’t leave. Some of ...

In a Christmas Eve speech in 1941, delivered 17 days after the Japanese killed more than 2,300 Americans in a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt reflected on the ...

For the faithful worldwide, the gifts of Easter continue after the official remembrance of Jesus' resurrection. For Catholics around the world, Sunday, April 7, 2024, is known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

Bethlehem announces return of Christmas celebrations starting Dec. 6 after two-year pause due to Gaza war. Mayor lights tree ...

Rev. John Raddatz, senior pastor at Christ the Redeemer Church, 2550 E. 71st St., sits with the kindergarten class from the Early Chilhood Center at the church in the sanctuary of the church last week ...

Music Director Timothy Hankewich greets the audience at the start of Orchestra Iowa's 2015 Holiday Spectacular at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids. (The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette ...

“Peace on earth, goodwill to men” has entered our thoughts many times in the past few months. It might be fading away now as this Christmas of 2023 passes. This lovely, well-meant phrase makes great ...

It’s Christmas season, the time for carols, family get-togethers, exchanging gifts, warm memories of childhood. Here in this great country, we have always been able to do so in peace, the priceless ...