In rural Nagasaki, a dwindling number of Hidden Christians practise centuries-old rituals to honour their ancestors ...

Photos: Requiem for Mary Turner\\Instagram\\Wikimedia Commons. LOS ANGELES, CA – Pianist/composer Bobby West is a four-decade ...

Tanner and Shay found themselves facing an unbearable duality: Preparing for their daughter’s arrival and bracing for her father’s death.

Crowds jostle to reach the gold-covered image of Mary looking down at an infant Jesus in her lap, which is then carried through the sand streets and plazas to visit each brotherhood house. As the ...

On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They still chant in a Latin that hasn’t been widely used in centuries. And they ...

The Christian world has embraced the faithful story of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus for centuries ... Duccio di Buoninsegna shows Jesus at rest in the manger. Painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna ...

holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, a close-up of the two faces with Jesus’ fingers holding his mother’s neck. Mary looking at Jesus makes a theological point ...

She’s either portrayed alone or, most often, holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, a close-up of the two faces with Jesus' fingers holding his mother’s neck. Mary ...