(RNS) A new Catholic translation of the Bible tweaks an Old Testament text -- Isaiah 7:14 -- that many Christians consider a prophecy about Jesus’ birth. So, why did they alter a 2,745-year-old ...

This Sunday the readings include the famous prophecy of Immanuel. They proclaim God’s supremacy and our call to holiness. They review the basics of the gospel message. And they record the birth of ...

The Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 On a hot and humid day one August, my wife gave birth to our second son ...

Many of the so-called prophesies of Jesus in the Hebrew Scriptures are deliberate mistranslations. Here are two of them. In an article well worth reading, the late Christopher Hitchens makes the ...

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” — Isaiah 7:14 This Biblical prophecy from the prophet Isaiah, ...

Happy Christmas, dear readers. I am going, as usual, to Christmas lunch at the home of dear Christian friends of decades. I have also been to Midnight Mass with them in previous years and robustly ...