In the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Joseph travel through the national territory, from Nazareth in Jewish Galilee to Bethlehem in Jewish Judea. In Matthew’s Gospel, the travel is international.

According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem from Nazareth during Mary’s pregnancy in order to be enrolled in a census in Joseph’s ancestral home. The census had been ordered ...

headed to Bethlehem to pay what had been mandated by Caesar Augustus. The trip would take Mary and Joseph about a week to travel from Nazareth, and they probably made their way south along a route ...

To encourage Spanish speakers to participate in the 2010 Census, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials has created a poster showing Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem to be ...