It was the chorus of the Coventry Carol, one of the grimmest tunes in the holiday songbook. It originated in an English nativity play around 500 years ago, and the “tiny child” is not actually the ...

A recent survey revealed that one in three young adults had no idea that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. But what do the youngsters know about Christmas? Femail quizzed four to nine-year-olds at four pri ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

“From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the ...

Animals in children’s stories are often depicted as living in neat mum, dad and children family units. Examples include ...

Jim Caviezel will not be returning to his role as Jesus Christ, according to reports. Monica Bellucci, who portrayed Mary Magdalene in the 2004 epic, will also not be returning as a completely new ...

I’ve faced some hard choices in video games. Some of my decisions in Life is Strange still haunt me. Ghost of Tsushima’s final sequence prompted me to put my controller down for a good 10 minutes ...

Harry Chapin's father-son song 'Cat's in the Cradle' is chronicled in a new documentary featuring Billy Joel and more.

Mel Gibson’s “The Resurrection of the Christ,” his long-delayed follow up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ,” has cast Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen (“The Last Kingdom”) in the role of Jesus, ...

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