Christmas is one of the most celebrated occasions worldwide, and also has a long-running, complex history. What is Christmas?

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

And also, when did Saint Basil -or for the not Greeks “ Santa Claus “- enter people’s lives, and why is the Greek Orthodox ...

Take a drone flight of discovery high above the four Papal Basilicas of Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and Santa Maria Maggiore. These sacred sites are the ...

On Dec. 5, Carson Daly joined Michael Bublé for a trip to the Vatican as the singer performed at the annual Christmas "Concert With the Poor." Here, Daly shares an essay with TODAY.com about his ...

Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the December 8 feast day that ...

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

The expression “nutty as a fruitcake” was coined in 1935 when Southern bakeries added an excess of nuts to their fruitcakes.

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — When pastry chef Tino Gierig is asked what the famous Dresden stollen tastes like, his eyes sparkle and his voice rises to an enthusiastic sing-song as as he describes the rich ...

DRESDEN, Germany — When pastry chef Tino Gierig is asked what the famous Dresden stollen tastes like, his eyes sparkle and his voice rises to an enthusiastic sing-song as he describes the rich ...

“God our Father, in this Jubilee Year, you have opened to your Church the way of salvation and filled your sons and daughters ...