Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

To some people, Christmastime is nothing more than a season of generosity, joy, dressing up evergreen trees, waiting for Santa Claus and buying gifts for your loved ones. To others, Christmastime is ...

The celebration of the Nativity was not something that Christians did for the first few centuries of Christianity. Easter, ...

Fr. Rodrigues: What is historical is that Jesus was born. So obviously December 25 is not actually the historical date when ...

Scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 BCE in the town of Bethlehem, located in the modern-day West Bank. The Middle Eastern territory is located in what is now Palestine, though Israel has ...

The year in which Jesus was born is a subject of controversy. What does the evidence really indicate about this event?

Did Christmas came from Saturnalia? Some say yes while others claim that it emerged organically. And what about Jesus' real ...

<em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This is the latest installment in my occasional series of conversations about Christianity. Previously, I’ve spoken with ...

A stained-glass window in St. Edward's Church in Seattle shows Jesus, Mary and Joseph on their flight into Egypt. Credit: CNS/Crosiers Over the past 40 years, I’ve tried to read as much as I can on ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Shepherds would not have been watching their flock in December, which is historically very cold in Israel The actual ...

Every Christmas, a storm of controversy ignites over the accurate date of Jesus’ birth. Fueled by sensationalist media and a public eager to speculate, these debates churn out myths and historical ...