The Holy Land is littered with pilgrimage sites associated with biblical events and characters. Cities associated with David, places linked to the life of Jesus, and, of course, the city of Jerusalem ...

'HOLEY' GROUND: Archaeologists in Nazareth unearthed this ancient home (above), which dates to the time of Jesus as a boy. EPA / Reuters NAZARETH, Israel — Just days before Christmas, archaeologists ...

Hewn into a hillside, this is the humble stone and mortar house where a scholar believes Jesus was raised. It has been dated to the early 1st century by a British archaeologist who says an ancient ...

A hillside house dating back to the early first century CE in northern Israel may have been the Nazareth home where Jesus was raised, according to researchers. The stone and mortar house, first ...

The feast of the Holy Family, which is situated appropriately between Christmas and New Year's Day, serves as a context for the events it bridges: the birth of Christ and the octave of Mary.

Finding Jesus asks if this could be the house Jesus grew up in This week on Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery, the documentary series examines the house that is thought by some to have been the ...

After a year of searching, a homeless Jesus statue has found a home. He heard “no” from St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, but this bronze Jesus finally found ...

NAZARETH, Israel - Although I've been to Israel many times, it wasn't until this past December that I made my way to Nazareth, home town of Jesus, center of Christian pilgrimage, and, depending on how ...

As families gather to celebrate this Christmas, it can be very easy to forget the true meaning of the festive season. For two millennia, people across the world have observed the sacred religious ...

June is the traditional month dedicated to the Sacred Heart, and the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Friday following the Second Sunday after Pentecost. This year ...

Worldly leaders fail us, but the kingship of Jesus is eternal and ever-present. His burning love for us is celebrated through the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday, June 24, this ...