In the Christ child laying in a manger, we see the face of the Father’s mercy. Mercy is born for us today in Bethlehem – for that child born of the Virgin is God’s promise fulfilled. (photo: Romolo ...
THEY SAY IT’S all the fault of a poor church mouse. It was the winter of 1818 in the village of Oberndorf near the Austrian Bavarian border. It’s a poor region and often the people starve. Like all ...