Ascension Day is observed as a school holiday in South Africa due to its Christian religious significance, with various ways to honour the occasion.

He’s Dismas at Christmas. A penitent thief returned a ceramic baby Jesus to a Colorado fire station with a chicken-scratch note that asked for forgiveness for the “dumb mistake.” The Fort ...

But it can only happen when we understand the Incarnation. While the birth of Jesus describes what happened that first Christmas, it's the Incarnation that tells us what it means. It means that ...

“In order to experience God’s love, we need to remain in prayer, in contemplation, considering the incredible mystery of the birth of Jesus, the Christmas scene,” Father Mata said.

And maybe that was the right response. We have sanitized and commercialized the meaning of Christmas and robbed it of its deeper meaning: Jesus enters our world as a homeless exile, not only to ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo — It's a Christmas miracle! Baby Jesus has returned ... to a post on the Fort Collins Police Service Facebook page. Fort Collins Police had asked the public to help them ...

But was Jesus actually born in December? And if he wasn't, why do Christians celebrate his birth on December 25 every year? Here’s a quick breakdown of the origin of Christmas as we know it ...

To others, Christmastime is all of those things, plus a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. But how many of our Christmas traditions have nothing to do with Jesus’s birth? And was Jesus ...

Born-again Christians say the holiday is too Catholic and the celebration of Jesus’ birth isn ... and host a special Christmas party with games and crafts. Church members make Christmas ...

Oaks, of the First Presidency, encouraged members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ... this message at the annual First Presidency Christmas Devotional on Sunday evening.