The Gospels of Matthew and Luke both assert that Mary conceived Jesus as a virgin. But while Luke tells the story without ...

The 19th of March is St Joseph’s Day, which in some countries is known as Father’s Day, but who was St Joseph and what do we ...

According to the Christian Christmas story, Jesus was born in a lowly stable in Bethlehem because there was no more room in the local inns. Around 2,000 years later, almost all of Bethlehem's ...

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity ... on this spot 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas ...

Bethlehem was very busy, but Mary and Joseph finally found a stable to stay in. This is where Jesus, who was the most important gift that God has ever given to the world, was born. The first ...

Jesus was born in Bethlehem because Joseph and Mary had travelled there to take part in a census which the Roman rulers had ordered. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was ...

"Journeying to Bethlehem for the census in obedience to the orders of legitimate authority, Joseph fulfilled for the child the significant task of officially inserting the name ‘Jesus ...

Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus is born.