Saint Francis Healthcare System will recreate the scene of Jesus’s birth with its sixth annual outdoor live nativity.

St Rose of Lima Church will have children and adults re-creating the Nativity story, as first done by St Francis of Assisi in ...

This article explores the origins of the Nativity scene, St. Francis of Assisi's role in its creation, and its cultural and political significance throughout history.

The holiday spirit of giving is on full display in Scranton this weekend. Saint Francis of Assisi Kitchen hosted its annual ...

St Francis is best associated with Assisi but there are also important sites in Lazio where he left his mark ... Velita complied, provided the necessary props and animals, and word soon spread among ...

On the feast day of St. Lucy, Dec. 13, Pope Francis said that “we need women’s work and their word in a Church that reaches out that it may be leaven and light in the culture and in our lives ...

In the run-up to Christmas, primary schools and Sunday schools often put on Nativity plays. This custom, however, is a ...

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Advent is perhaps the most challenging liturgical season for Christians. The secular world has kidnapped this time intended ...

We have been thinking this month about the traditions and practices associated with the celebration of Christmas. Some of the celebrations were purposefully used to replace parties and festivals of ...

I have covered Pope Francis' trips to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. I covered the beatification ceremony of today's Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador ...

A Message for Today In today’s world, where success is often equated with wealth and power, the story of the poorest family who owns the world is a countercultural reminder of what truly matters. The ...