STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Each Christmas season, Marybeth McCarthy’s Oakwood home becomes a quiet tour of the world, told through ...

Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates. At one Illinois church, the baby Jesus lies with zip-tied ...

As the Vatican unveils its crèches, Pope Leo XIV marks his first Christmas with a calmer tone and a forceful call against ...

In the Nativity at a Chicago-area church, Lake Street Church of Evanston, baby Jesus is wrapped in a thin foil meant to ...

Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.

A Nativity scene on display at a Chicago-area church depicts baby Jesus with zip-tied wrists and Mary and Joseph in gas masks in what its organizers called "a scene of forced family separation" amid a ...

An Illinois church is facing criticism for displaying a Nativity scene that depicts baby Jesus with his hands zip-tied and guarded by figures styled as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents ...

(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.

Two U.S. churches have drawn public attention this holiday season for nativity displays addressing immigration, prompting both praise and criticism. In Evanston, Illinois, Lake Street Church installed ...

The FBI has made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. (Source: LNL) Washington Street in Bristol ...

DEDHAM, Mass. (WPRI) — A Nativity display at a church in Dedham, Massachusetts, is sparking a debate. The display outside Saint Susanna Parish now features a sign that reads “ICE was here” instead of ...