and Jupiter passed Saturn for the third time December 5. Astronomy/Roen Kelly What about a mash-up of planets like the Great Conjunction of 2020? Could that explain the Star of Bethlehem?

The Holy Family Cave is a sculpture that depicts a harrowing tableau: a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity ... form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to ...

Vanden Eykel argued in The Conversation piece that the conjunction was not the fabled Star of Bethlehem leading the Magi to the Nativity Scene. "The biblical story of the star is intended to ...

With modern computer software, it's easy for astronomers to calculate the positions of stars thousands of years ago, at the click of a button. Before computers, ancient astronomers had to plot the ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — It isn’t subtle. Nor is it intended to be. Instead of a pastoral-looking Nativity scene ... group Hamas grinds on. In this third month of Israeli bombardment of Gaza ...

Sitting high atop South Mountain, the lone star peeking out ... To be in Bethlehem on Jesus’ birthday… how many people can say that?” A live Nativity is also an integral part of Our Lady ...

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian keffiyeh with the child Jesus in the manger — but according to the project ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Jack Giacaman enjoys telling customers that every day is Christmas in his shop, which features hand-crafted olive-wood Nativity scenes, camels and crosses. But this year ...

Remi Benali / Corbis Feuding monks at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem don't just cast the ... In the Grotto of the Nativity, The Star of the Nativity marks the place where it is believed ...