The Rev. Sharon Harfman speaks during the last service Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, of the Church of the Manger United Church of Christ in Bethlehem. The church is closing after 70 years. The building will ...

The Holy Father celebrated the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord with Mass during the night, held in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24. Pope Francis gives his homily at Christmas Mass at St. Peter's ...

The Bible gets four shots to tell Jesus’ birth — well, four gospel writers plus Paul and the other epistle writers, so at least four. Well, yes and no. Does the manger matter to Matthew, Mark, or John ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves; FāVS News editor ...

AP — Christians on Friday celebrated the return to the Holy Land of a tiny wooden relic they believe was part of Jesus’s manger, nearly 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to the pope. The ...

Zipping up their coats and slipping on their hats and gloves, the members of the Blue Point Congregational Church in Scarborough stepped outside after the Sunday service to brave the biting wind. They ...