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GREENFIELD — Live nativity scenes are a classic part of the Christmas season, with Mary and Joseph looking down at the Baby Jesus, with perhaps a barnyard animal or two nearby.

Scholars generally agree that Matthew correctly placed the birth during the rein of Herod, but because Herod died in 4 B.C., they believe that Jesus's birth could be no later than that.

In his Christmas Eve homily Thursday, Pope Francis noted the simplicity of Jesus' birth as he rebuked what he called societies' intoxication with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth.

After the birth, Joseph and Mary are visited not by wise men but shepherds, who were also overjoyed at Jesus’ birth. Luke says these shepherds were notified about Jesus’ location in Bethlehem ...

Christmas finds Christians around the world gathering to celebrate Jesus' birth. But does the Bible really cite December 25 as the date the Son of God was born? U.S.

Movies also have tended to show romanticized versions of Jesus’ birth. The 1977 film, “Jesus of Nazareth,” has a good amount of dirt and a splintery manger, but what I remember about it is ...

I am considered an authority because I was present at the first Nativity in Bethlehem, lo those many centuries ago. This is my story. My sister and brother-in-law owned a small inn in Bethlehem.

The baby Jesus sat amid flickering candles atop a pile of busted cement and dirty stone. “This is what Christmas looks like in Palestine,” Issac said. “This is the true message.” ...

Alessandra Tarantino/STF Pope Benedict XVI has written Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives.courtesy photo VATICAN CITY - Just in time for Christmas, the Vatican has unveiled a new book by ...