We live in an open-air prison, faced with numerous hardships, but we prefer to remain in Bethlehem.” A Christian faith that is never flaunted, but rooted in the land where Jesus was born, underlies ...

Grimes, 90, South Ryegate, Vt., went to live with Jesus and his mother Mary in Heaven on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. She was ...

Jen remarried after her first husband died. The children of her new husband never accepted her, and now that he’s passed away ...

Note: Of the columns I have been asked to repeat, this one ranks highest among my readers. “O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent ...

By Christopher Wells In his continuing catechetical series on “Jesus our Hope,” Pope Francis turned to the birth of Jesus in ...

Diocese of Ogdensburg Bishop Terry R. LaValley designates 11 pilgrimage sites during the Ordinary Jubilee 2025.

The Church of the Nativity is the oldest Christian church still in daily use, but not all scholars are convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem. Only two of the four Gospels mention ...

On the TV show, “Get Smart,” Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 worked for Control as secret agents to thwart the enemy, Chaos. Despite their bumbling ways, they always pulled it off. But for many of us, ...

The pontiff spoke this morning at the end of the Wednesday general audience, despite a bronchitis. “May paths of peace be ...

Not long before the birth, Mary travels to Bethlehem with her husband, Joseph, as required by the Roman census. The town is already busy and Jesus is born in a stable as there is no room at any of ...

Forty-nine years before Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem, Roman general Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river Rubicon—the waterway separating Gaul (modern-day France) and Italy. They ...