In Spain, about a million people have participated in the annual pilgrimage honoring the Rocío Virgin, a Catholic icon of the ...

As it does every year, Israel is preparing to welcome Christian ... Mary, where the Gospel of John says she was told by the angel Gabriel that she was to be the mother of Jesus. One of the most ...

Pinnacle Peak Pictures, the studio behind "The Case for ... hits theaters in early April. The Netflix film "Mary," released in December and following the story of the Nativity through the eye of the ...

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity ... added an elaborate birth story — two stories that differ in almost every detail. Matthew adds a father named Joseph, who, seeing his fiancée ...

The Christian world has embraced the faithful story of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus for centuries ... often visit Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, which is believed to mark the site of ...

“The Gospel of the birth of Jesus says that ‘Mary ... The Nativity story so often prettified this time of year is actually severe — a nine-months-pregnant woman after a long journey giving ...

So let’s go back to the Nativity ... each added an elaborate birth story — two stories that differ in almost every detail. Matthew adds a father named Joseph, who, seeing his fiancée pregnant ...

In 2013, Jesus, Mary, Joseph ... Christian iconography is allowed, provided other religious symbol aren’t excluded. The case, Lynch v. Donnell, arose from a challenge to the display of the ...

Some of best-known parts of the Christmas story aren't in the Bible at all,' he wrote in an article for The Conversation. 'Although Christmas is a Christian ... nativity story, Mary and Joseph ...

Knitted nativity figures including Mary, Joseph, a donkey and the angel Gabriel have been offering commuters "signs of the Christmas story" throughout December. The touring miniature figures ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Youth members of the First Methodist Church in Pascagoula are coming together to reenact the story of the Nativity. Members of the youth group dress up, and the church ...