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The Incarnation: Five reasons why it matters

This Christmas, like every other, we'll sing some of the great carols that speak of the birth of Jesus.

75 thoughts you have on Christmas Day

This is what goes through everyone's mind on Christmas day, right?

Pope urges return to simplicity in Christmas message

Pope Francis led the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas on Thursday, urging those "intoxicated" by possessions and superficial appearances to return to the essential values of life.

ISIS sanctions organ harvesting from 'apostates', document reveals

Islamic State has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group's Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist group may be trafficking in body parts.

Kentucky governor backs religious freedom, removes county clerk's name on marriage licence

Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin issued an executive order Tuesday that will remove a county clerk's name on marriage license forms, spelling victory for defiant Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis who refused to issue it to same-sex couples.

Students made to sing Muslim song praising Allah at Minnesota school holiday concert, upsetting parents

Some parents were upset when students at a high school in Minnesota sang a Muslim song during a holiday concert Thursday.

Israeli medical relief organisation receives 2 ambulances from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has just given the medical relief organization Heart to Heart Israel a significant boost in its operations with the donation of two ambulances.

Kim Davis reflects on her steadfast defence of her Christian faith: 'I was not afraid to not compromise myself'

Rowan County clerk Kim Davis made the news this year after she went to jail for refusing to sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Davis received both support and hate from the public because of her actions. If she had to go through all of it again, Davis said she would not hesitate in standing up for her faith once again.

Jessa Seewald says sister Jill 's absence when she gave birth to first son Spurgeon was difficult for her

The Duggar siblings grew up very close to one another, and they try to share each other's milestones with one another. When Jessa Seewald gave birth to her first son Spurgeon Elliot this November, she admitted that she was heartbroken that her elder sister Jill Dillard was not around to witness it.

Giving hungry student free lunch is 'theft' of school property and punishable in this U.S. state

No good deed goes unrewarded, but in the case of cafeteria worker Dalene Bowden, her good deed warranted her a punishment.

Christianity faces 'elimination' in the land of its birth, warns Archbishop of Canterbury

Christians face elimination in the very region in which the Christian faith began because of Daesh, the Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to say today.

Josh Duggar's kids miss him on Christmas, keep asking 'Where's daddy?'

This Christmas will be the first one that reality star Josh Duggar from "19 Kids and Counting" will not be spending with his family, and his wife Anna is sharing just how difficult it is for their four kids that their father has to face the holidays in rehab.

Good King Wenceslas: A Yuletide tale of treachery and murder