A controversial text has recently surfaced claiming that Jesus had a wife and two children with her as well. The text, which ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Then there is Mary, Jesus’ mother. I didn’t begin with her example because she is so often lifted up as the supreme model of both ...

What one might not expect, however, is how these prayers affected Jesus’ mother. Mary is hardly passive in this Temple scene. Simeon has a prophetic message for her specifically. “Behold ...