Did Joseph and Mary really need to go to Bethlehem because of a Roman census, or is this unhistorical, as some scholars ...
For a holiday centered on the Prince of Peace, a lot of folks spend an extraordinary amount of time feeling threatened.
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Chaotic Christmas

We are ending the year with so much gloom hanging over our country and much of the world. 2025 had been a chaotic year.
Catholic churches have traditionally erected Nativity scenes outside at Christmas time. To represent the birth of Jesus, the ...
While there are many ancient texts focusing on Jesus as a baby and as a man, much less is known about him as a child. Here’s ...
What is more fragile than family? Yet the church insists that Christ did not simply appear among us as a fully formed man. No ...
Jesus’s birth was a silent night, when all was calm and all was bright, but there was a context to the Christmas story critical to understanding the lesson of Christmas. This context gives insight ...
Garnett Genuis is the Member of Parliament for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan. He can be contacted by e-mail at ...
The biblical account of a young family forced into exile by oppressive occupation chimes with many modern-day struggles ...
Since my husband and I went public with our family’s story about our son’s severe mental illness, my phone, inbox, and social media messages have been full. People reach out constantly — some looking ...
Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Dec. 28, 2025.
I love the holiday season, especially all the best Christmas movies that I sit around and watch with my family. Among the ...