A doggy daycare has gone full festive this Christmas – transforming its pups into a star-studded nativity scene. Staff at Pooches Playhouse in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, dressed the daycare dogs ...

This nativity popsicle stick craft is one of those projects that feels meaningful without being complicated. It uses simple ...

From Pope Francis to Ozzy Osbourne, Dick Cheney to Virginia Giuffre, here's a roll call of some of the influential figures who died this year.

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Pilgrims hold up statues of the infant Jesus to be blessed during Pope Leo XIV’s Sunday Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square Dec. 21, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Pope Leo XIV Sunday ...

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Sunday, Dec. 21, is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24. The Gospel gives us some background for the Christmas feast that ...

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During the Advent season, we remember the story of love incarnate, God stepping into our world to show us what true devotion looks like. Advent teaches us to wait, to expectantly hope, and to trust ...

Baby Jesus is no closer to finding a home on the Texas Capitol grounds. The nativity scene bill—which would place the commonly recognized scene of Mary, St. Joseph and Jesus at the manger at the ...

Baby Jesus is back in his manger after he was stolen from a Nativity scene in Jeannette. The City of Jeannette Police Department posted to social media on Wednesday afternoon, asking the public for ...