Here are seven often-missed details in the Nativity story — each one adding new richness to our understanding of Christmas.

We all know the Christmas story is one in which peace and joy are proclaimed. However, when I began to research my book, that ...

Layered beneath the familiar narrative are cultural, historical, and theological details that reveal just how intentional God ...

Does the Gospel of Luke really tell the truth about the Nativity? Was Quirinius really the governor of Syria at the time of ...

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...

Did Christmas came from Saturnalia? Some say yes while others claim that it emerged organically. And what about Jesus' real ...

Pope Leo XIV Sunday blessed statues of the infant Jesus that will be placed in nativity scenes on Christmas day, pointing to ...

Neapolitan Nativity scenes reflect the style and dress of the 1700s in Naples, the century in which they became popularized ...

CLAREMONT, Calif. (KABC) -- A Methodist church in Claremont is displaying a nativity scene depicting Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees in cages. The church, Claremont United Methodist Church, is ...

This nativity is a visual reminder...that the attacks on our immigrant neighbors are attacks on God's own self,” Urban Village Church Pastor Abby Holcombe tells PEOPLE ...

For generations, Italian craftspeople have built scenes depicting Jesus’ birth, sometimes including figures of contemporary ...