Both Advent and Mary’s pregnancy are well-advanced. Advent is half over and, after returning from Elizabeth’s, Mary is in her second trimester. Jesus is about 15 weeks old, with a beating heart, ...

It used the display to speak out against the Trump administration's policies. A California church has sparked widespread debate by sharing images of a Nativity scene depicting baby Jesus, Mary and ...

Pastors across Alabama preaching this past Sunday shared the joy of Christmas 2020 with their congregations, in socially distanced seating arrangements at churches and by online video sermons. The Rev ...

Rev. Dr. Kevin Riggs is senior pastor of Franklin Community Church. Usually, the birth of a child is exciting and joyful. Not always, but usually. On one hand, Mary and Joseph were excited about the ...

I was speaking with a longtime friend the other day, and we were relating how we were both going through some stressful times. We then acknowledged that the last two years of the virus combined with ...

The Catholic Church considers St. Joseph a role model of fatherhood and faith. In many countries, Father’s Day is celebrated on his feast day, writes Gloria Falcão Dodd, research professor at the ...

Christmas does not end on Dec. 25. Christmastide is a 12-day season beginning with celebrating the Nativity of Jesus and continuing with the journey of the wise men to and from Bethlehem. Epiphany, ...

Although Luke is careful to insist that the family went to fulfill the law, as soon as they arrived, their ritual reasons for being there were sidelined as the chosen people came to the fore in the ...

It takes a village to raise a child. That's a subtle, unspoken assumption in Luke's account of the first time Jesus entered the temple. As Luke tells his story, he depicts Joseph, Mary and all of ...

Jesus had brothers and sisters who are mentioned in the New Testament. But what can we know about them? Jesus' human family ...

We’re in the final week of Advent. Two weeks away, we reflected how Mary, in her first trimester, “hastened” to Ein Karem to help Elizabeth, in her third trimester. John the Baptist is now almost six ...

'The Holy Family,' by the 17th-century Spanish painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo. The Print Collector/Hulton Fine Images via Getty Images The United States celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday ...