Jay Parini: The image of Jesus in arms of his mother, Mary, is central to Christmas story. ... It’s a picture of tender mercy and boundless love between a mother and her son.

Mary, mother of Jesus, ... Kehinde Wiley’s “Mary Comforter of the Afflicted,” one of the artist’s stained glass window images, casts the Pietà as a Black man holding a dead child.

LIFESTYLE Mary, mother of Jesus, walked the path of all struggling mothers today Shannon Bream's new book sheds light on how a 'homeless refugee' mother stayed true to God's wishes ...

AN ARTIST has used artificial intelligence to create “the most realistic image” of a teenage Virgin Mary before she gave birth to Jesus. The tech expert said he reconstructed the face o… ...

This course explores three key events in Luke’s portrayal of Mary as the mother of Jesus: the Annunciation, the Visitation, and, the proclamation of the Canticle of Mary. Explore these and other ...

(RNS) At its heartwarming core, Christmas is the story of a tender relationship between a new mother and her newborn child. Yet all the familiar images associated with the holy family are missing ...

Mary Turner/Getty Images. Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, ... No image is more central to the story of Christmas than that of baby Jesus in the arms of his mother, Mary.

Mary has become an icon to a younger generation of all faiths and no faith that has put social justice at the center of its hopes for a better world.