One of the most beautiful cities in Germany on the Danube, here are the best things to do in Regensburg for a great time.

Rebuilding buildings is straightforward. Faith leaders in Southern California, reeling from the loss of 14 churches, ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the ...

Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the ...

The works depict religious scenes from the lives of Jesus, Mary and various saints and significantly expand Getty’s medieval and Renaissance holdings.

Even in the Renaissance, a scattering of prophets such as Savonarola kept repeating that man is mere dust; but never before Copernicus did anyone suspect what out-of-the-way dust man was.

“Black Nativity,” originally titled “Wasn’t That a Mighty Day,” is rooted in gospel music. The 27 songs in the original text serve as a sonic framing tool.

The little season of Christmastide lasts 12 days, until Epiphany on January 6, when the Christian tradition celebrates the visitation of the three kings to the newborn Jesus. Most of us use this ...

“Mystic Nativity” (1500), now held at the National Gallery in London, is the only work Botticelli ever signed. It re-emerged in the 1800s after centuries of obscurity, revealing a complex ...

Marion Willis, playing Joseph, and Karah Abiog, playing Mary, rehearse for a Penumbra Theatre Company production of ‘Black Nativity’ in 2000. David Brewster/Star Tribune via Getty Images ...

Actors present the story of Jesus’ birth during a live Nativity pageant Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at the Bethlehem Rose Garden.

Duccio di Buonisegna, “The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel” (1308–11) (image public domain via the National Gallery of Art) ...