Christmas is a season of spiritual reflection on the foundations of the Christian faith. It’s also a celebration of the arrival of Jesus. Christmas is a time for Christians to praise God’s love for ...
The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette has been illuminating the holiday spirit in Attleboro for 70 years now. Its Christmas Festival of Lights commences on Thanksgiving night and runs until ...
Netflix’s new feature Mary - a biblical epic about the mother of Jesus - is facing backlash for ... The story of a Palestinian mother who gave birth in a ruined building, on the run from ...
To criticize the Vatican’s nativity with a now-removed Jesus in a keffiyeh would be to dismiss the artistic history of crèches centering marginalized people.
By far the mightiest force at the time shaping life in Galilee was the Roman Empire, which had subjugated Palestine some 60 years before Jesus’ birth. Almost all Jews chafed under Rome’s ...
There’s so many myths and legends surrounding Friday the 13th. For example, some of the most common myths include bad luck if you walk under a ladder, pass a black cat, or, more extensively, have 7 ...
A short life and brutal death was enough to ensure that Jesus’ message of hope and everlasting life would spread across Judaea, across the Empire and ultimately, across the world. One of the ...