Relative to the Virgin Mary’s prominence in Catholic dogma and devotion, “the reader of the gospels is at first surprised to find so little about Mary,” or so says The Catholic Encyclopedia. This is admittedly the case. Yet relative to Scripture...
This time of year, children ask, “Is Santa Claus real?” And my instinctive response is: Yes! He was a fourth-century bishop in modern Turkey. He goes by many names: Weihnachtsmann, Sinterklaas, Dun Che Lao Ren, among others. You may know...