The pageant has been the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church’s Christmas gift to the community since 1926.
Religion and Values
Catholic dioceses spar over sainthood for Archbishop Sheen
There’s an unusual public spat going on between the dioceses in Peoria, Ill., and Rochester, N.Y.
Trump’s anti-Semitism order raises tough issue of defining prejudice
The president signed an executive order this week that expands the potential scope of anti-Semitism complaints on college campuses.
Pope Francis presses anti-nuke campaign in annual peace message
As he did on a recent visit to Japan, the pontiff ties ecological concerns to matters of international peace and security.
Millions of Mexicans celebrate Virgin of Guadalupe
They throng to Mexico City’s Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe as part of the annual celebration of the country’s patroness.
GOP congressman pitches LGBTQ rights bill with religious exemptions
Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah sees the bill as a way to ‘bridge that gap’ between preventing discrimination and allowing religion to inform individual decisions.
Rochester, N.Y., diocese request led to rare delay in archbishop’s beatification
The diocese, where Fulton Sheen served as a bishop from 1966 to 1969, says it sought the delay ‘to allow for further review of his role in priests’ assignments.’
Former Maine bishop resigns Buffalo post under fire for handling of sexual abuse accusations
Richard Malone was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland from 2004 until 2012.
Vatican returns relic from Jesus’ manger to Holy Land
The tiny wooden relic was returned nearly 1,400 years after the structure it came from it was sent to Rome as a gift to Pope Theodore I.
Two priests guilty of sexually abusing deaf children at Argentine school
Pope Francis has not commented on the case that has shaken the church in his homeland.