May your blessing be upon all who gather around this tree, all who keep the Christmas festival by its lights. We wait for the coming of the Christ, the days of everlasting justice and of peace.

The manger scene has a special place near the Christmas tree or in another place where family members can reflect and pray during the Christmas season. It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or ...

Menlo Park residents Lea Redmond and Sam Martinez-Colson have been neighbors for nearly two decades. Now they’re becoming business partners, opening a wine and cheese bar in their neighborhood ...

Carl Hagenbeck believed that animals should be housed in habitats that mimicked their natural environment. Earlier, he'd followed the same guiding philosophy when exhibiting Indigenous people in ...

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A derelict building has collapsed and police are at the scene supporting Fire Service colleagues while they make the building safe." Road users are advised that the bottom section of the Killeen ...

A derelict building has collapsed and police are at the scene supporting Fire Service colleagues while they make the building safe." Road users are advised that the bottom section of the Killeen ...