Joseph’s acceptance of Jesus redefines fatherhood, highlighting care over biology and addressing societal perceptions.

It was during the time that I lived in Jerusalem ... the hub of Bethlehem. The street runs alongside the huge church built ...

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

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the ...

Every Christmas season, as in every Easter season, I retreat from bread and butter life, including revelry, to retreat as ...

The scholar and Christian convert Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote recently of her pleasure in experiencing Christmas as a person new to ...

We string our lights, trim our trees, talk about the holiday, hear recorded songs mentioning the birth of Jesus... But how ...

St. Francis was inspired, it is believed, by his pilgrimage to the Holy Land to depict the scene of Christ’s birth in a literal way. As his first biographer, Brother Thomas of Celano, explains it, St.

Discover the history behind the Christmas traditions. Explore how the holiday brings people together around the world and how ...

The Massacre of the Innocents is a biblical event in which King Herod orders the execution of all male children in Bethlehem.

The biblical narrative of Herod’s decision to butcher some 3,000 innocent children inspired Rennaissance and Baroque artists ...

The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the West Bank during Christmas week were nowhere to be found.