Challenge today is to extricate the historical, fully human Mary from theological baggage heaped upon her over centuries ...

If the passage was a prophecy of the virgin birth of Jesus, then betula would not apply since Mary, while not yet married per se to Joseph, was nonetheless no longer under the guardianship of her ...

Christians would flock to the Cave of Salome in Israel to pay tribute to Jesus' midwife. But a new study contests the ...

Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue foretells of a miraculous child who is to bring a new golden age of peace, renewal, and cosmic ...

or simply "Mary the Virgin" refers primarily to the conception and birth of Jesus. From the first formulations of faith, especially in baptismal formulas or professions of faith, the Church ...

At a May moleben in New Jersey, the faithful honored the Blessed Mother and heard a moving testimony from Archbishop Borys ...

COMMENTARY: The canonization centennial of two influential French priests illustrates new light from the marvelous feast of ...

Some 70,000 people – children, grandparents, seniors – gathered in St Peter's Square today for the Jubilee of families. In ...

In this nunsploitation flick, virgin nun Cecilia falls pregnant shortly after moving to a convent. Although Cecilia is ...

He says he welcomes discussion on the virgin birth, but stipulates that any exchange ... Gill was asked by a reporter if he believed that Jesus Christ had a human father, a question which he ...

For a century, Hamtramck was known as "Little Poland." Then Muslim immigrants poured into town, changing everything.

We take a trip to Antonín Dvořák’s birthplace, the composer summer hideaway Vysoká, and other spectacular cultural ...