Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward ...

King Herod’s mausoleum, which long eluded archaeologists, sheds light on the ruler’s turbulent reign—and its effect on Jesus’s early life. Desert strongholdSince its construction a few years before ...

Few figures in history have had such a controversial reputation as King Herod I of Judaea. In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts how ...

Palm Sunday is perhaps the only day when the liturgy has two Gospels. Because of how the liturgy of Palm Sunday developed, the Gospel of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is read at the start of Mass in ...