Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

We know from the Gospel sources that Mary and Joseph lived in the tiny Galilean village of Nazareth and that this is probably where Jesus grew up. Unlike Bethlehem, this village had no prophetic ...

Of all the characters in this for real story, we have a tendency to mix up the facts about the magi the most. Let's allow the ...

It is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ but we get ... said the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, so that’s where Mary and Joseph had to go. As we think about the ...

In an advertisement for New Testament retelling “the Greatest Story Ever Told,” survivalist Bear Grylls called Mary a ...

However, many historians and archaeologists believe that Jesus was not born ... the Gospel of Luke states that Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem to be counted in a Roman census.

WHEN Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem more than two thousand years ago, it was a miracle that he and his mother survived. It was not a happy birth. Saint Luke tells us that it was an awful ...

He was to be named Jesus because he would save his people ... a census should be taken of the entire Roman world, Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem to be counted. While there, Joseph made sure his ...

Moravians relate to the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Rice said ... Its lyrics say: “Not Jerusalem — lowly Bethlehem ‘twas that gave us Christ to save us.” Thus inspired, Zinzendorf ...

Netflix’s new biopic about the mother of Christ fails to offer a clear vision of its subject.

The smallness of God in the Eucharist and in the manger is a scandal. The all-powerful One becomes so small that he can be ...