In processing Jesus’ words to God the Father, I realized that my feelings were likely more similar to Jesus’ relationship with Joseph than God. After all, Joseph raised Jesus to be a carpenter ...

I don’t need a biological bond to be the father of the embryos my wife and I adopted. When a friend recently asked about the genetic parents of our children, I said something about their “real ...

since Joseph was the legal father who raised Jesus. Catholics believe Mary and Joseph had what the Catholic Church calls a “Josephite marriage” – that is, one that meets Catholicism’s ...

as there is little by way of concrete facts. And a reason for this legend is that since Joseph, Jesus’ foster-father was presumably dead himself by the time of Jesus’ crucifixion, custom ...

From his birth to his execution by the Romans, here are eight facts about the historical ... Historians also back the claim that Joseph, Jesus' father, was a carpenter, meaning Jesus would have ...

Last Tuesday, March 19, was the Feast of St. Joseph, the adoptive father of Jesus. In Spain the day is celebrated the same as our Father’s Day, “El Dia del Padre.” In Poland it is customary ...

What I mean by this is when the whole family sat down at the dinner table, the kids sitting around that table didn’t all have the same mom and dad. Joseph looked at Jesus, convinced by faith ...

The day celebrates the life of St. Joseph, "the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ, and patron of the universal Catholic Church," Fr. Angelo N. Carusi told Fox News ...

‘The Holy Family,’ by the 17th-century Spanish painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo. The United States celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. Many countries with a Catholic heritage, ...

The opinions, facts and any media content in ... He later wrote that “the mother of Jesus had been turned out by the carpenter Joseph who was betrothed to her as she had been convicted of ...

From his birth to his execution by the Romans, here are six facts about the historical ... Historians also back the claim that Joseph, Jesus' father, was a carpenter, meaning Jesus would have ...

since Joseph was the legal father who raised Jesus. Catholics believe Mary and Joseph had what the Catholic Church calls a “Josephite marriage” – that is, one that meets Catholicism’s ...