VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 25-meter (82-foot) Christmas tree that towers above it in St. Peter’s Square as a band, chorus and dancers in traditional ...

"Spread this message and keep this tradition alive. They are a gift of light for our world, which so badly needs to be able to continue to hope," he said.

The decorations in St. Peter’s Square will once again have an Italian touch. The day will begin with several audiences with Pope Leo XIV, who will receive in the morning the delegations that donated ...

Three Palestinians accused of torching a Christmas tree and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a West Bank Catholic church ...

A Christmas tree and nativity were burned before dawn on Monday in Jenin’s Holy Redeemer Church, the Latin Catholic church says on Facebook. The Palestinian Authority’s civil defense agency was able ...

Just in time for Christmas, a vast star-forming region shaped like a Christmas tree is lighting up space 2,700 light-years from Earth.

Residents of al-Quniyah village in the western countryside of Idleb celebrated on Monday evening the lighting of the ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado's favorite Christmas movie has deep roots in the Centennial State. The 1989 movie classic ...

Snow fell in York County on Tuesday, December 23, creating a mesmerizing festive scene at two of southern Maine’s themed ...

Growing up in Burney, Mike Vessels associated Christmas with snow and snowmen, but down in Chico there was a gap. It didn’t ...

The NGC 2264 is a vast stellar complex located in the Monoceros constellation, about 2,600 light-years away. It includes two ...

Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity scene at a ...