Grimes, 90, South Ryegate, Vt., went to live with Jesus and his mother Mary in Heaven on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. She was ...

We live in an open-air prison, faced with numerous hardships, but we prefer to remain in Bethlehem.” A Christian faith that is never flaunted, but rooted in the land where Jesus was born, underlies ...

Jen remarried after her first husband died. The children of her new husband never accepted her, and now that he’s passed away ...

The Church of the Nativity is the oldest Christian church still in daily use, but not all scholars are convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem. Only two of the four Gospels mention ...

Note: Of the columns I have been asked to repeat, this one ranks highest among my readers. “O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent ...

Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.” Leviticus 25:9 King ...

By Christopher Wells In his continuing catechetical series on “Jesus our Hope,” Pope Francis turned to the birth of Jesus in ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.

Not long before the birth, Mary travels to Bethlehem with her husband, Joseph, as required by the Roman census. The town is already busy and Jesus is born in a stable as there is no room at any of ...

On the TV show, “Get Smart,” Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 worked for Control as secret agents to thwart the enemy, Chaos. Despite their bumbling ways, they always pulled it off. But for many of us, ...