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.

Mary and Joseph are the parents of Jesus; well, at least on Earth. Still, they are iconic religious figures that many of us don't really know much about. Sure, Mary was a virgin when she became ...

“Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter,” said Jim Zeigler, the state auditor of Alabama, defending Roy Moore against allegations of pedophilia.

Mary and Joseph, known as the parents of Jesus, are truly significant characters in religious history. However, their ...

Even if Roy Moore’s supporters were turning to non-canonical sources to find evidence of Joseph’s advanced age, the same source took pains to make clear they didn’t have sex.

In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, few details are given about the Virgin Mary’s life or how she felt when she was told she would be the mother of Christ. No biblical quotes are written to ...

Early Christians believed that Mary and Joseph did not have sex, but there was much more that was worth learning from that relationship. Listen up, Jim Zeigler. The gospel narratives.

So Joseph was probably living with his parents or relatives when the angel told him to marry Mary. After Jesus was born, Joseph had four boys and an unknown number of girls with Mary (Matt. 13:55 ...

HISTORIANS LOOK AT MARY, JOSEPH’S ARDUOUS JOURNEY Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) ...

Well, since Joseph and Mary were Judeans, i.e., Jews, from Nazareth, they wouldn’t need to be afraid of Israeli roadblocks needed to combat Palestinian terrorism, but of being murdered by ...

Description: Oscar Isaac (left) stars as Joseph and Keisha Castle-Hughes (right) stars as Mary in New Line Cinema s release of Catherine Hardwicke s drama, The Nativity Story.