The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary ...

Matthew tells us that baby Jesus was born a homeless asylum seeker. ... Mary, and the young Son of Man’s time as immigrants. We don’t know what the immigration experience was like for them.

Had Jesus been born in the era of the America police state, rather than traveling to Bethlehem for a census, Jesus’ parents would have been mailed a 28-page American Community Survey, a ...

The Bible also talks of a King who feared Jesus would become the ruler of his people. To address his fear, the King ordered his army to find the child and execute him. Can you imagine the anguish of ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary holding a baby Jesus Christ stands inside the sanctuary at The Gesu Church in Downtown Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela dvarela@miamiherald.com Occasionally, events flow ...