(The Conversation) — As Christmas approaches, Nativity scenes showing three wise men visiting the newborn Jesus are put up around the world. A scholar of Christian literature offers an explanation on ...

Believe it or not, Christmas didn’t end until this week. January 6 marks Epiphany, the final night of the "Twelve Days of Christmas," and the traditional date when the Magi visited baby Jesus and his ...

“When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born ...

The Epiphany as a Solemnity once rivalled Christmas, because it was the celebration of the Incarnate God made manifest (“Epiphany,” ἐπιφάνεια, means “manifestation”) to all peoples. The Magi — by ...

Pope Francis finishes venerating a figurine of the baby Jesus during Mass marking the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 6. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) “Our God makes ...

When I was young, each year at Christmas my mom placed a light-up Nativity scene on our front lawn. Surrounding Mary and Joseph and Jesus’ creche (left vacant until Christmas) were three large, ...

Our Nativity scenes seem incomplete until the 12th day of Christmas when the Magi finally arrive at Jesus' crib for the first celebration of the Epiphany. Although Matthew is the only evangelist to ...

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The identities of the Three Wise Men may have finally been revealed by a biblical researcher who claims they may not have been three kings from the East after all. Research by the Associates for ...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2025, the Solemnity of the Epiphany. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Pope Francis said ...