When Philadelphia celebrates, it turns to its own. As the city hosts the nation’s largest 250th birthday celebration, Wawa Welcome America has tapped Carol Riddick, one of soul’s most enduring voices ...

09:00 SPECIAL Welcome Christmas! with Bonnie North (APM) The perennial Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world's premier choral ensembles, conducted by Philip Brunelle and G. Phillip ...

Sandro Botticelli, "The Mystical Nativity" (1500), oil on canvas, held at the National Gallery, London (photo via Wikimedia Commons) The Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola had been martyred less than ...

Every year, millions of people sing the beautiful carol Silent Night, with its line “all is calm, all is bright”. We all know the Christmas story is one in which peace and joy are proclaimed, and this ...

Progressive churches in Colorado and Washington are hosting drag-themed Christmas events alongside more traditional services this holiday season. Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins, Colorado, ...

In a manger in front of Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, the baby Jesus’ hands are bound with plastic zip ties. Roman centurions in sunglasses and camo jackets stand menacingly over him, ...

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday told the clergy leaders whose churches have used Christmas Nativity scenes to protest immigration enforcement to “get a grip and seek ...

POCATELLO — Holy Spirit Catholic School students will present their third annual nativity play on Thursday. Principal Margie Gabiola said the play will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the school, 524 N.

In the week since a Nativity scene was installed outside of the Missiongathering Church here in Charlotte, Pastor Andrew Shipley said he’s often found himself doing a double take. Not to reflect on ...

DEDHAM, Mass. — One baby Jesus lies in a manger in the snow, wrapped in a silver emergency blanket with his wrists zip-tied. Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, ...

The Miró Quartet’s Ginastera disc wowed me earlier this year, so I was keen to hear their Christmas album. Hearth doesn’t disappoint, a collection of 15 mostly traditional carols reimagined for string ...

Just in time for Christmas. A Manhattan priest gave a New York City museum the greatest holiday gift this season — donating his sprawling, Nativity scene collection that he spent a lifetime ...