Recognize the crisis of that first Christmas and the powerful faith of Joseph and Mary: Their reputations were on the line, if not their very lives. They had great sacrifices to make in the ...

When Joseph awoke, he understood Mary had been faithful ... marking what would be celebrated for thousands of years to come as Christmas. Travelers to the West Bank often visit Bethlehem ...

Christmas is all about joy and light ... One ancient apocryphal source claims Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus eventually settled near modern-day Cairo, in a city called Memphis.

Mary’s husband was a “beloved father ... It is, he said Monday, “another way of living the Christmas story.” In ancient times, Joseph was known as a “foster father,” says Catholic ...

Of all the characters of Christmas, nobody pays attention to Joseph. Mary is the one everybody always focuses on – sometimes even more than Jesus. People usually remember the shepherds keeping ...

He led me to the back door. “Don't forget,” he said as I headed for the truck, “we'll call those calves Mary and Joseph.” Almost 50 Christmas Nights later, I have not forgotten two calves ...

On the second day of Christmas, my true love said to me ... great Tribune columnist Mike Royko. Often headlined “Mary and Joseph in Chicago,” the 1967 column had the unique distinction ...

Knitted nativity figures including Mary, Joseph, a donkey and the angel Gabriel have been offering commuters "signs of the Christmas story" throughout December. The touring miniature figures ...

“That Christmas” comes with sweet messages ... Ask your teenager to think more deeply about Mary and Joseph’s roles and responses here. How do they think Mary felt when the angel told ...

Here's what to know. Las Posadas is a Mexican and Latin American Catholic Christmas festival commemorating Mary and Joseph's travels between the Middle East's Nazareth and Bethlehem in Christian ...

After four weeks of Hallmark knock-offs, Netflix has a different kind of Christmas movie releasing ... While living at the temple, Mary meets Joseph (played by Israeli actor Ido Tako), who falls ...