Whether you're religious or not, you know what a basic Nativity scene looks like -- Joseph and Mary kneeling by the manger of ...

One of the late Pope Francis’ vehicles – otherwise known as “popemobiles” – is set to be sent to the Gaza strip and converted ...

It's almost never suitable to speak ill of the dead. Especially when the dead you're speaking of is a beloved pope. Pope ...

Palestinians mourn the late Pope as a lone western voice against Israel's genocide in Gaza, yet he failed to shift the Vatican's centuries-long support for colonialism ...

The basilica houses a relic of the Holy Crib, the manger in which Baby Jesus was laid to rest, as well as the remains of Saint Matthew and Saint Jerome. Santa Maria Maggiore is also home to the oldest ...

A woman has been charged in the cold case of an infant found dead and floating in the Mississippi River 14 years ago after DNA testing revealed she was the mother of the newborn dubbed Baby Angel ...

Coming at a time of effusive global mourning over Francis’ death, the decision to delete the post appeared to reflect the ...

Pope Francis greets participants to the Living Nativity Scene at the Basilica of St. Mary Major ... a painting on cedar wood that shows the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. This icon was brought to ...

A woman from the Barton County community of Ellinwood has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of a four-month-old baby. According to the Kansas Attorney General’s ...

FILE - Pope Francis prays in front of the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, Monday, May 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File) ...

It was kind, it was fair, and it was diplomatically wise. The Jewish community of Rome is deeply Roman—no Jew, anywhere, would wrap the baby Jesus in the Star of David, even if Jesus was Jewish. Such ...