Pope Francis has urged the faithful during the traditional Christmas Mass to bring hope as "pilgrims of light into the darkness of the world." The head of the Catholic Church said in his Christmas Eve ...

It's dark this time of year. Dark, in terms of daylight. Dark, perhaps, in other ways as well. "A time when want is keenly felt, and abundance rejoices," as Dickens says in "A Christmas Carol." Which ...

In light of international conflicts, a fraught presidential election season and other contemporary challenges, clergy across the Cedar Valley are preparing their Christmas sermons in hopes of ...