By far the mightiest force at the time shaping life in Galilee was the Roman Empire, which had subjugated Palestine some 60 years before Jesus’ birth. Almost all Jews chafed under Rome’s ...

Sean Wang’s snapshot of 2008 teenage life is intimate and effective Virgil (Jai Courtney) hears of the $1500 bounty on Sara ...

Do you envision snow? Sleigh rides ... know that none of these things were present at the time and place of Jesus' birth in Israel around 4 BC (yes, somehow, Jesus was born four years before ...

The carnation is one of January's birth flowers, ushering in the year with its slightly spicy scent and color variations.

Jesus was asked “who is my neighbor ... As we saw our neighbors on the East Side dying prematurely and facing poor birth outcomes, loving our neighbors meant that we open two clinics ...

For those of you who think Groundhog Day is just a Bill Murray movie and don’t give it a lot of thought, Sunday won’t mean ...

When piles of snow and bitter winds do their best to make the winter season unbearable, Minnesotans are famous for our ability to weather the cold and bring joy and light to these dark days. The ...

The six women were waiting in a park for the People's March, the largest anti- Donald Trump protest planned before his inauguration Monday, to begin moving. Martinez of Jacksonville, Fla. held a sign ...

By Carol Hengst The holidays are over, winter has set in. Yesterday it snowed hard. I’d hoped to sit in my Lazy Boy and watch it all day. Most of the snow that has fallen here at Sugarshack ...

Cosecha Michigan held a protest as snow fell at Rosa Parks ... in support of immigrant rights. "Jesus experienced the difficulties of migration from birth," Pastor Ricardo Angarita of United ...

As one notes on the icon, Jesus rests on the left arm of Our Lady ... Due to the legend of the establishment of Saint Mary Major as a miracle of snow falling in August, the image is also called Our ...