After its account of Jesus’ birth, the Bible is almost entirely silent on his childhood. Yet legends about Jesus’ early years ...

The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it was hovering over Bethlehem when Jesus was said to have been born.

As Nativity scenes depicting ICE draw attention and outrage, faith leaders are grappling with politics in religion and urging a closer reading of the Christmas story.

Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and ...

Provocation like that isn’t my thing, but the justification from the Archdiocese of Boston was even worse: promising people ...

A new astronomical study is reviving debate over one of the Bible’s most enduring mysteries. For centuries, the Star of ...

God becomes flesh, and God grants us knowledge of himself. In Bethlehem, the immortal Creator of all is manifest in a mortal creature. The Lord shows himself forth in all his works, but in the ...