OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Today, unwanted newborns still face life-or-death decisions made by others.

In rural Nagasaki, a dwindling number of Hidden Christians practise centuries-old rituals to honour their ancestors ...

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Tanner and Shay found themselves facing an unbearable duality: Preparing for their daughter’s arrival and bracing for her father’s death.

Crowds jostle to reach the gold-covered image of Mary looking down at an infant Jesus in her lap, which is then carried through the sand streets and plazas to visit each brotherhood house. As the ...

On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They still chant in a Latin that hasn’t been widely used in centuries. And they ...

Wikimedia Commons A 12th century fresco depicts the baby Jesus flanked by his unnamed midwife (left, with face now obscured) and Salome (right) As Live Science reports, the aforementioned Cave of ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify naming restrictions in the U.S. Looking for a unique name to give your baby that would help them stand out in a crowd?

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify naming restrictions in the U.S. Looking for a unique name to give your baby that would help them stand out in a crowd?