As Pope Benedict XVI approaches Jesus' birth, he fastens on the poignant image ... an inn with the later legend that Jesus was born in a cave. This is the third volume in Benedict's trilogy ...

Oshri points to Byzantine-era ruins, including a hidden cave and possible ... references to Jesus as “Jesus of Nazareth.” Ultimately, the exact location of Jesus’ birth may never be ...

Located in the holy city of Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity, a Byzantine basilica, is built on top of the cave where ... the basilica to commemorate Jesus' birth. The church was one of ...

A Roman Centurion paced back and forth across the stage as travelers filtered in. One by one people were checked in, each receiving their traveling documents, a single gold coin to use for their ...

The innkeeper let them stay in the rock cave below his house which was used as a stable for animals. It was here that Mary gave birth to Jesus. Inn A place that provides food and shelter for ...

During his excavations, Oshri discovered a large Byzantine-era church with a hidden cave, sections of a wall ... source" that could place the birth of Jesus in this location.

The innkeeper let them stay in the rock cave below his house which was used as a stable for animals. It was here that Mary gave birth to Jesus. Jesus was visited by three wise men from the East ...

One particular cave, over which the first Church was built ... which led to the development of the Church of the Nativity on the site believed to be associated with the birth of Jesus; and to the ...

Instead, the city of Jesus’s birth – which is in the middle of a war zone – is marking Christmas with a powerful and poignant message: solidarity with Palestine. The Holy Family Cave is a ...

They make the birth a local event, translating the story into their own cultural contexts. And so we see Jesus wearing, for example, the bone necklace of an Igorot chief (the Indigenous people of ...

It raises questions about the virgin birth of Jesus, even pointing to ancient evidence that Jesus might have been fathered by a Roman soldier, possibly by rape. But before I ask you about that ...