One of Susan Sontag’s strengths was that anything that could be said about her by others was said, first and best, by Susan Sontag

America asked its readers to send us a photo and description of their Nativity set and tell us what makes it special.

We bring our hearts with us to Bethlehem. This is what Christmas means.

The Boston College baseball program is a school where young men learn to be men for others, and Pete was its master student.

The school was placed on lockdown during the nearby attack. None of the students were hurt.

The pope's message was released at a Vatican news conference led by Cardinal Peter Turkson

Unlike many other Christian families in the Bethlehem area, none of the Hosh siblings have moved abroad.

The second guard was later stabbed multiple times while inside the crypt area in the lower part of the basilica.

The human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy, finds both heartache and heroism during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Mr. LeBarón, the family's spokesperson, said he hopes he can channel the grief and anger over the killings into a broad social movement. “We want to unite the whole country. We want a social movement, not a political one,” he said.