(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 ...

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 ...

The Virgin Mary and Jesus, flanked by the prophet Isaiah (right) and Saint Peter the Apostle. (Godong / Universal Images Group via Getty Images) “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and ...

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Mary Elizabeth Sperry knows it’s time to hang the Christmas lights when the phone calls and emails about Isaiah 7:14 start to arrive. Sperry is the point person for questions about the New American ...