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 ...

FILE - Aimee Mandujano, left, as Mary, and Peter Vargas, as Joseph, ride atop a wheeled burro during La Gran Posada procession from Milam Park to San Fernando Cathedral, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in ...

A Christmas nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary, and Joseph separated and caged, as if asylum seekers detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at Claremont United Methodist Church on ...

A Byzantine icon brought to Venice in 1349 depicts Mary and baby Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, from around the sixth century until the present, the child Jesus looks like a little man.

In 2018, a Texas couple depicted the baby Jesus in a cage labeled ICE (for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement), with Mary and Joseph seen weeping outside the cell.

A church sign has drawn parallels between the birth of Jesus and the modern plight of refugees. Everyone knows the story of how Joseph and Mary were in a spot of bother when baby Jesus decided to ...

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Invoking the New Testament tyrant whose vow to kill Jesus prompted Mary and Joseph to flee to Egypt, Francis said some modern-day migrants are "surviving the Herods of today, who, to impose their ...

Photos of the display show a statue of Joseph looking down on a statue of Mary, holding baby Jesus. It is similar to a manger scene, except the family is surround by a small chain link fence.

Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus were refugees from a violent, omnipotent regime. When they came to the border, the Egyptians -- another religion and nationality -- had no idea who Jesus was.

Statues of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus are shown in a cage of chain-link fencing on the lawn of Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Indianapolis on July 3.

A church in Indianapolis has put up a display that shows the statues of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus in a cage to protest the Trump administration's 'zero tolerance' policy.