MARY’S perpetual virginity is one of the four Marian dogmas that Catholics must accept and believe, along with her as Mother ...

The Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership (ESSCRP) provided festive fun for Essex families facing hardship with a series of special Santa train journeys.

Although Advent calendars have become hot-ticket items, they still reflect their ancient Christian meaning, writes Matthew Robert Anderson.

Need a little Christmas? This small southern Utah town goes big — and a little bit Swiss — with its holiday lights and traditions.

Back in the day, before the advent of handy dandy cell phones and long before mass shooters roamed our schools and college campuses (two just last week), when there was an emergency and parents needed ...

On 10 December, passengers on a Greater Anglia train in Essex were treated to Christmas carols by schoolchildren from White ...

This weekend we celebrate the fourth of Advent, the Advent of Love. After hope, peace and joy, love is the ultimate gift, not ...

We, like Joseph, are invited to empty ourselves, choosing to abandon anything that can get in the way of our union with God or our collaboration with God's design for creation.

With the Vatican's Nativity scene and huge Christmas tree glittering in the Roman sun behind him, David Henrie reflected on ...

Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...

Funeral plans have been shared for Ella Cook, AL native and a Brown University student who died in the campus shooting last ...

When I was growing up in the Baptist Church, having an Advent wreath with lighted candles was never something that was a part of the services. I never saw an ...