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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said the U.S. launched airstrikes in northwest Nigeria on Christmas night targeting ISIS militants he accused of killing Christians, calling the operation decisive and warning further attacks would follow if the violence continues. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Christmas celebrations returned this year to both Bethlehem and Nazareth, but the season is unfolding very differently in the two cities that sit at the heart of Christianity — Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, and Nazareth, where he lived. In Nazareth, festivities are broad and confident, rooted in a growing Christian presence …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Thousands flocked to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas for the first time since the implementation of the U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas peace deal. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who has served as the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem since 2020, kicked off the celebration during a traditional procession from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, calling for “a Christmas full of …

< div class=”featured featured-video video-ct” data-v-324c3b57> < div class=”contain” data-v-324c3b57> <!–> ‘Modern’ nativity sparks outrage in Belgium An art installation by German artist Victoria-Maria featuring the Christmas nativity scene with faceless characters. The faceless figures dubbed “zombies” has fueled backlash, vandalism and debate over faith and tradition. (EFE via Reuters Connect.) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Across …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd,” which is being hailed as one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era. The work of art was found in August in an underground tomb near the town of Iznik, where the Nicene Creed, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An elementary school teacher in London was dismissed and referred to authorities after telling a Muslim pupil that Britain was a “Christian country,” according to the lawyer supporting his legal challenge.  The case from earlier this year has added to the broader debate about free expression, multiculturalism and the use of safeguarding …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The government of Nigeria has secured the release of the 100 schoolchildren who were abducted last month, according to local media. The children were taken from St. Mary’s School in Niger state in late November. The release was announced by local broadcaster Channels Television on Sunday. The news comes as Christians continue …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip is over. A six-day pilgrimage to the Middle East wrapped up Tuesday in Beirut. We were in conflict-torn Lebanon just a few miles from the country’s Ground Zero, where on Aug. 4, 2020, a deadly blast in Beirut’s port killed over 200, injured thousands and left …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, opening the second half of his first international trip as pontiff after three days in Turkey marked by calls for unity, peace and renewed ties among Christian communities.  His stop in Lebanon places him in a nation where Christians have long-faced war, instability and …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV joined Eastern and Western patriarchs and priests Friday in commemorating an important anniversary in Christian history, gathering at the site in Turkey of an unprecedented A.D. 325 meeting of bishops to pray that Christians might once again be united. Leo, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and other Christian leaders met on the shores …