The star led the Magi to Jerusalem, “as we are always taken to Jerusalem—because we must encounter the Scriptures of Israel,” says David Neuhaus, S.J. “It is from the Scriptures of Israel that they will receive the precise destination to which they are going—Bethlehem.”

Pope Francis urged people to pray and work for peace in no less than ten conflict situations worldwide.

"Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world."

In our celebration of Christmas, followers of Christ are invited out of our comfortable abodes to pitch our tent with the most vulnerable and needy in our communities.

Hallmark movies are inherently a part of the Christmas season and remind viewers over and over that it’s possible to find love after grief.

Each year we lose or break a figure in our Nativity scene, but the beauty of this family tradition lies in its brokenness.