The director of the Biblical epic "Mary," coming to Netflix this Christmas season, says he hopes audiences will feel "closer" to the famous mother of Jesus after watching his retelling of the classic ...

Q: If the church's new year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, then why is the secular New Year's Day (Jan. 1) a holy day ...

A new Biblical epic coming to Netflix this Christmas is garnering online backlash because of the film's Israeli cast. Netflix's "Mary," coming to the streaming platform on December 6, stars Israeli ...

Explore the significance of Mary Jan. 1 and its connection to the celebration of Jesus's birth and the veneration of Mary.

Recently, I brought my mother along for a visit to the Jesuit community where I lived for about four years. At least two Jesuits told me the same thing about how my quiet unassuming mother reminded ...

Scripture is rather scant on what Mary, the mother of Jesus, might have looked like, but if there’s one thing we can be sure of, it’s that she was not white. The many faces of Mary The earliest images ...