Mary, here sleeping as St. Joseph cradles the infant Jesus in a stained-glass window at St. Patrick Church in Smithtown, N.Y., knew what she was in for when she accepted God’s call for her divine ...

The adventures of Jacob and his children have served as a throughline in the genesis of America – from abolition to ...

The joy and jollity of the season for most of us was seriously inhibited by the news coming in, and even more tragically for those directly involved.

Today Orthodox believers are celebrating the great feast of the Nativity of Christ, known as Christmas. In their writings, ...

Each December, as the month deepens into Christmas, families around the world engage in an age-old ritual, unwrapping the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cleveland man who lost his toes to frostbite while experiencing homelessness found stability through Northeast Ohio’s only medical respite facility for homeless adults. When ...

During my extended stay in Jerusalem several years ago, I saw hundreds of olivewood carvings. All of them are made in Bethlehem. Many are made in shops along Milk Street, which runs alongside the huge ...

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When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem. “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?” they asked. “We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.” King ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a tradition that’s been running for nearly 80 years in one of Albuquerque’s oldest neighborhoods. The Barelas Community Center hosted Las Posadas de Barelas, an annual ...

Sunday, Dec. 21, is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24. The Gospel gives us some background for the Christmas feast that ...