Chapter two of Luke’s Gospel tells the story. Caesar Augustus orders a census of the entire world for the purpose of taxation. The census requires Joseph to return to Bethlehem, the home of his ...

Eleven days before Christmas, on the first night of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light, the massacre of young and old at Sydney’s Bondi Beach threw a blanket of sorrow over what should be one of ...

Scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 BCE in the town of Bethlehem, located in the modern-day West Bank. The Middle Eastern territory is located in what is now Palestine, though Israel has ...

ANNAYA, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he brought a message of peace, hope and religious coexistence to a region torn ...

Steubenville, Ohio — In this industrial, Rust Belt city in northeastern Ohio, just across the Ohio River from West Virginia and mere miles from the Pennsylvania border, something special is happening.

The young pharaoh's tomb, initially discovered by a British archaeologist in 1922, is one of the most well-known in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt Mostafa Elshemy/Anadolu Agency/Getty A ...

The Vatican on Monday released the full program for Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic journey, which will take him to Turkey and Lebanon from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2. The trip will center on two key moments: a ...

On Monday, Dec. 1, Pope Leo will travel to Annaya to pray at the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, the 19th-century Maronite monk venerated for his holiness and miracles. Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims ...

Junior defensive lineman Chris Kasky recorded two sacks and contributed to a dominant first-half effort from the Nazareth defense during the team’s crucial CCL/ESCC Green Division matchup against St.