When you read the New Testament, you often come across the name Herod There were different rulers called Herod who formed ...

Every year, millions of people sing the beautiful carol Silent Night, with its line “all is calm, all is bright”. We all know the Christmas story is one in which peace and joy are proclaimed, and this ...

A depiction of the Massacre of the Innocents in the Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wambierzyce, Poland. (Photo: Getty/iStock) At Christmas time we read about King Herod who ...

The Water Authority has started channeling desalinated water to the Sea of Galilee, marking the first ever attempt anywhere in the world to top up a freshwater lake with processed seawater. The ...

Herod the Great was a Roman client king of Judaea (known also as the Herodian kingdom) who lived during the 1st century BC. He was also the founder of the Herodian dynasty, whose members, like Herod ...

“Secular” versus “religious” had no meaning in the ancient world. But in building a biography of Jesus, our modern distinction may help us understand Jesus’s two vocations: his “secular” occupation as ...

A stained-glass window in St. Edward's Church in Seattle shows Jesus, Mary and Joseph on their flight into Egypt. Credit: CNS/Crosiers Over the past 40 years, I’ve tried to read as much as I can on ...

John the Baptist, was a cousin of the Blessed Virgin Mary. His message was one of repentance and preparation for the coming of the Messiah and His Kingdom. Among his disciples were the Apostles St.

A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained pottery, jadeite jewelry and a rare death mask In C.E. 331, Te K’ab Chaak ...

University of Houston archeologist Diane Chase is pictured in the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient civilization of Caracol in Belize. Fifty years after they were married – and ...