The Holy Innocents did not know Jesus, but they died in his place. Dec. 28 marks the feast of these baby boys who are, today, recognized as the first martyrs and pro-life patron saints. Their ...

He died from drowning. But you, you mothers of the Holy Innocents, you whose babies, your young sons, perhaps your 22-month-olds, there you were cradling your children, bloody from the stab wounds ...

Also known as Childermas in Western countries and Niños Inocentes in our country, the Feast of the Holy Innocents is celebrated every December 28th to honor the memory of the innocent children ...

The Feast of the Holy Innocents, observed on Dec. 28 by Western churches and on Dec. 29 by Orthodox churches, speaks a particularly powerful word to this cultural moment. It’s a bloody story ...

and the feast of the Holy Innocents, Dec. 28. As the Book of Acts recounts, St. Stephen was a deacon who was the first martyr after the resurrection of Jesus. He was killed for preaching Christ as ...

28 December is Holy Innocents Day. Political journalist Tim Montgomerie tells the strange life story of Bruegel’s extraordinary biblical painting Massacre of the Innocents. “It’s not what it ...

In a 2016 letter marking the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Pope Francis acknowledged that “Christmas is also accompanied, whether we like it or not, by tears.” "Massacre of the Innocents," by ...

The Feast of Holy Innocents is one such annual celebration held on December 28 by Western Churches and on December 29 by Eastern Churches. It commemorates the loss of innocent lives, when King ...