Manger scenes displayed at Christmas usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger “because there was no room for them in ...

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Every December, we celebrate the story of a child born in a manger. We adorn nativity scenes with ...

With no room to be found anywhere else, Jesus is born in a meager manger housed inside a stable, with Mother Mary and Joseph tending to the tiny baby, all surrounded by the barn animals that lived ...

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...

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 traveled ...

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 traveled ...

The Holy Father celebrated the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord with Mass during the night, held in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24. Pope Francis gives his homily at Christmas Mass at St. Peter's ...

The Nativity Story has been told for 2,000 years. Mary and Joseph, answering a census, find no room at the inn in Bethlehem. Jesus is born in a stable and laid in a manger. Shepherds, alerted by an ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet the ...

Children of First Reformed Church of Nyack have kept an annual date with the Christmas story for 100 years. The Nativity Story has been told for 2,000 years. Mary and Joseph, answering a census, find ...