“When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising ...

Find today’s readings here. This is one of those feasts whose presence in the liturgical calendar is a result of a sort of deduction. Scripture, of course, does not record Mary’s birth, but she must ...

Just over 20 years ago I was home for the holidays of my senior year at Baylor University. I can hardly remember what four weeks off, sleeping in, and hanging out with long-lost high school friends ...

On Jan. 6, many Christians celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, when the infant Christ was revealed to the visiting wise men — the Magi — as God made man. Although Gospel accounts of the Nativity do ...

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Why do we still celebrate the birth of Jesus 2,000 years later? Let’s take it one step further: Why has humanity held out this event as supremely important for even thousands of years before that?

If you’re a Christian, you obviously know that the Church of the Nativity was built in Bethlehem. Many other people know it too. The game show “Jeopardy” on the ABC television network managed to ...

Diligently following a master plan worked out over 10 years ago, the Palestinian Authority is laying claim to large tracts of Israeli state land through illegal building. Resembling Potemkin villages, ...

On Monday, Jupiter and Saturn will cross paths in the night’s sky and for a brief moment, they will appear to shine together as one body. While planetary conjunctions like this are not everyday events ...