But what if Jesus’ family connections were as influential as ecclesiastic fervor in setting the course for a new religion?

Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman discusses LDS prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, who led fights over evolution, the age ...

There is even a relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the form of a piece of her veil, along with a piece of the robe of the earthly father of Jesus Christ, St. Joseph. There are no human remains ...

Already, as Jesus commends his soul to his Father, the truth is wrung out of the bystanding soldier: “Surely this was the Son of God!” Joseph’s judgement, too, takes the simple form of ...

So, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the "I Am" statements of Jesus in the New Testament book of John actually have a ...

They supply genealogies that stretch back to King David, the founder of Israel’s dynasty, giving Jesus a lineage commensurate ... both a husband, Joseph, and a father, God, for her child.

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

With childlike confidence I present myself before thee, Oh holy Joseph, faithful foster father of Jesus! I beg thy compassionate intercession and support in this, my present necessity.

In an age obsessed with scanning, measuring and proving, the Shroud invites modern minds to reconsider the Resurrection — and ...