February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

It is the smell of burning candles and incense floating with the gentle breeze that greets you as you slowly climb the stone ...

Muslims as well as Christians consider her to be holy above all women, and her name “Maryam” appears more often in the Koran than “Mary” does in the Bible. In the New Testament Mary speaks ...

Beside the sign of the cross and holy water there are many other sacramentals, such as blessed candles, ashes ... of Revelations—the last book of the Bible. He lived to the age of a hundred ...

French pilgrims descend the steps to a baptistery, make the sign of the cross, and ascend again ... with the theme “Jordan, Holy Land, Land of the Bible." The congress was held in partnership ...

The Paschal candle ... cross recall the aromatic spices with which His Sacred Body was prepared for the tomb, and of the five wounds in His hands, feet, and side. During the Easter Vigil on Holy ...

The Catholic Church celebrates every February 2nd, Candlemas Day, the presentation of Baby Jesus in the temple. On this day, ...

Sunday, Feb. 2, is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Mass readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10; Hebrews ...

A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or even death. Luce carries symbols that have been associated with pilgrimage ...

Now, researchers digging in the Holy Land are sifting fact from fiction ... The tour buses that cross the checkpoint from Jerusalem to the West Bank carry a virtual United Nations of pilgrims.

A team of Palestinian and Israeli directors take a daring approach to the subject. But the Oscar-nominated film could not find a U.S. distributor. By Alissa Wilkinson Kristen Stewart and Steven ...