Rooted in early Christian tradition, Candlemas marks the presentation of Jesus and purification of the Virgin Mary at Herod's Temple in Jerusalem.

The Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year honor was inaugurated in 2004 by the Office of the Provost and is named ...

President Trump and his Cabinet officials leaned heavily into religious themes as they wished Americans a Merry Christmas, underscoring how the second Trump administration has embraced and promoted ...

Federal posts invoking“our Lord and Savior” prompt concerns about church-state separation and how the rhetoric lands with religious minorities. The Trump White House marked Christmas with a formal ...

An attack on a children’s Christmas carol allegedly by a Sangh Parivar activist at Kalandithara, Pudussery, in Palakkad on Sunday night drew widespread protests across the State on Wednesday. The ...

Meghan Markle offered a rare look inside her Christmas plans with Prince Harry, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, opened up in an email newsletter for her lifestyle brand ...

For many of us, Christmas doesn’t really begin until the carols start. You hear them drifting through town centres, playing quietly in the background of school halls, or filling churches in the days ...

Dar/Upcountry. As Christians across Tanzania mark Christmas 2025, religious leaders from various denominations delivered a unified message on justice, peace, responsible leadership, social cohesion, ...

A YouTube account created the fabricated song as one of its "hilarious AI-generated song parodies." In the lead-up to Christmas 2025, a purported risqué song in the style of 1940s or 1950s "oldies" ...

Every Christmas, people sing the song “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night”. Unlike many other songs and carols that include elements of non-biblical tradition and myth, this song is pure ...

This year is about "celebrating a new beginning," one Palestinian in Gaza said. GAZA and LONDON -- As Palestinian Christians prepare for their first Christmas without the constant threat of ...

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