The Netherlands has been widely hailed as the first country to virtually eliminate stray dogs from its streets by combining ...

Even in slums, deep rural areas and in situations of great social difficulty, not many mothers give birth in a cowshed.

When European scientists first set eyes on the platypus, in the form of a pelt and a sketch shipped over from Australia in ...

No, sir, it’s a donation,” the kind woman said with a comforting smile. “Thank you for all your staff does.” Christmas Eve morning I had stopped into our local religious supplies store to pick up ...

Shepherds and Christmas go together like crumpets and tea – but they’re mostly NPCs, as the kids say. They do their own thing, watching their flocks by night as the main action unfolds in the manger, ...

Discover the significance of Christmas carols in Black churches, blending theology, emotion, and cultural texture. Explore the contributions of Black composers and arrangers.

Christmas promises that God is with people the world has forgotten. The first Christmas, Mary and Joseph were forced to ...

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

A historian describes the turbulent times of the real nativity By Joan Taylor Every year, millions of people sing the ...

COMMENTARY: Christmas is a celebration when the Church seeks to renew in every baptized Catholic the call to go out, to ...

The contextual, bigger story of the nativity and Jesus’ childhood is relevant today, in our times of fracturing and “othering ...

I was home, sick, and I had gotten up at about 7 a.m., which is late for me. Feeling somewhat dejected, I was sitting at the ...