Both accounts mention Jesus being born, swaddled and laid “in a manger,” which could mean Mary labored amid straw and livestock in an actual pen, or that the infant Jesus was placed in a ...

Whether you're religious or not, you know what a basic Nativity scene looks like -- Joseph and Mary kneeling by the manger of the baby Jesus, surrounded by shepherds, kings, and farm animals.

Vatican City • Catholic Hollywood director D.J. Caruso (“Disturbia”) set out to tell the story of Mary as seen through her own eyes in a new film available this week on Netflix. “You may ...

We have a traditional manger scene near our Christmas tree. There, you will find Mary and Joseph, a shepherd, and a few sheep, three wise men carrying gifts and at least one camel. And, of course ...

Long ago, some newsman delivered a closing commentary about the Christmas story. How amazing is it, he marveled, that the hero of the story is a mere baby...and not some ...

Your classic nativity scene has Mary and Joseph, a baby in a manger and animals choreographed in an arc around them. There may be shepherds, including a child with a lamb, and even wise men ...

That into this culture would one day come a savior who was not a superhero springing fully formed out of Caesar’s head, but two commoners’ baby born in a manger follows as the night the day.

We tend to sentimentalize the Christmas story as we think of the Baby Jesus in the manger, ... Quite simply, Mary and Joseph are great heroes of the faith.

Join in and sing with the vocal version of 'Mary had a baby' - one of the songs from the BBC Learning Assemblies / Collective Worship website.

By the time Joseph and Mary arrive, the only room available is a corner in the open stall area among the livestock, where a manger stands. Still, this is within the family compound, and inside they ...

Baby Mary was found by two young boys next to a stream near Mount Pleasant Road on Christmas Eve in 1984, Carroll said. Her umbilical cord was still attached, and she was wrapped inside a towel ...