But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men ...

King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised ...

The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...

In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts how the king orders the death of all baby boys following the birth of Jesus, an event called ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.

The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her unfinished novel has finally been published for the first time ...

Here is a historical example. Herod was the Roman-appointed King of Judea when a baby boy named Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph in a manger. This poor couple lived in a foreign land. The child ...

This is the Daily Gospel for today, February 6, 2025, which is the Friday of the Fourth Week of Ordinary Time. READ MORE: ...

The first myth she wanted to dispel was the story of Herod in the Book of Matthew that related how the king, in his old age ... quest to reach the newly born Jesus. Being unable to find the ...