The Holy Family Cave is a sculpture that depicts a harrowing tableau: a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity ... form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to ...

Vanden Eykel argued in The Conversation piece that the conjunction was not the fabled Star of Bethlehem leading the Magi to the Nativity Scene. "The biblical story of the star is intended to ...

As the Nativity story is retold year by year, all those who hear it are bound to think—however briefly—about the original Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to the cradle of Christ ...

With modern computer software, it's easy for astronomers to calculate the positions of stars thousands of years ago, at the click of a button. Before computers, ancient astronomers had to plot the ...

Sitting high atop South Mountain, the lone star peeking out ... To be in Bethlehem on Jesus’ birthday… how many people can say that?” A live Nativity is also an integral part of Our Lady ...

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian keffiyeh with the child Jesus in the manger — but according to the project ...

Remi Benali / Corbis Feuding monks at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem don't just cast the ... In the Grotto of the Nativity, The Star of the Nativity marks the place where it is believed ...

The eastern end of the traditional route from Jerusalem to the Church, known as the Pilgrimage route, marks the road that connects the traditional entrance of Bethlehem, near King David’s Wells with ...