In the biblical lunisolar calendar—based on both the cycles of the moon and the sun—used by the Jews in the Old Testament and during Jesus’ time, the Sabbath was observed on the seventh day of the ...

We learn that “in front of” Jesus, there was a man suffering from dropsy (today called “edema”). We are not told if he is one ...

Not only is there a biblical basis for the teaching on purgatory, but the teaching also makes sense based on the promises contained in Scripture to those who have been called to be saints.

God communicated His plan through a divine messenger (Gabriel), and Mary's response of self-surrender made possible God's ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—once the sleepy HR cop of the federal government—has been reborn under Trump’s ...

The Vatican will clarify the Catholic Church’s position on some of Mary’s titles and her "cooperation in the work of ...

How do we know this? Well, because somebody found some of that 1,300-year-old bread.

Scientists may have answers to how Jesus spent his final few hours after analysing something of his. A new study looked at ...

Do we finally have answers to one of Christianity's biggest mysteries? A new forensic study has analysed blood patterns found ...

The memoir of Nathaniel Isaacs, a Jewish merchant who found himself shipwrecked in what is now South Africa, influenced Shaka ...

In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

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