In 2016, the couple adopted 5-year-old Micah, and he has lived with them for most of his 13 years. Like Joseph — and all fathers — Klemz recognizes that Micah “is mine, but he’s not mine.

ADVENT RETREAT: Joseph’s final fiat, no less than Mary’s, is an act of faith. His determination to take care of his wife and child remains one valuable for today.

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 ...

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

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Imagine if on the first Christmas, Mary and Joseph were like many of us. The holidays come around, and some of us want everything to be … perfect. We want people to act right ...

Almost 50 Christmas Nights later, I have not forgotten two calves named Mary and Joseph and Howard's priceless gift of simple giving. Alan Guebert is an agricultural journalist. See past columns ...

This image of the Holy Family, created by artist David Hayward, emphasizes the fact that Mary, Joseph and Jesus were refugees, a frightful circumstance, as contributor Cathleen Falsani points out ...

Netflix’s take on the life of Mary draws from extrabiblical sources. But even apart from that, this often darkly violent depiction gives parents some reason to pause. “That Christmas” comes ...

The name, Spanish for inns, comes from the Christmas story of Mary and Joseph seeking a place to stay as they traveled to Bethlehem. More: December is filled with holiday celebrations in Michigan.

Often headlined “Mary and Joseph in Chicago,” the 1967 column had the unique distinction of being reprinted for years by all three Chicago newspapers for which Royko worked, including this one.

Mary, Joseph, and Jesus once again escape, ... so that the movie can end with “Presentation of Jesus,” an occasion some Christians celebrate 40 days after Christmas.) ...