The 19th of March is St Joseph’s Day, which in some countries is known as Father’s Day, but who was St Joseph and what do we ...

Israel markets itself as “the land of creation” — and for good reason. Israel is home to the Holy Land, to a plethora of ...

Saint Joseph and the Christ Child by Guido Reni © Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Source: Christian Art. Gospel of 19 March ...

Most secularists believe that these religious apocalyptic visions of the future are absurd, although many secularists themselves fervently believe that artificial intelligence, run away genetic ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Lent 2 in this Year C is Luke 13.31–35, and once again the lectionary does us something of ...

The Purim story begins about 900 years after the Exodus from Egypt, in what is now Iran, history repeats itself. The Jews had been living in Israel continually, since they first entered with Joshua.

This year, the 40-day-long Christian fast called Lent began on March 5 and will end on April 17. It seems the word ‘Lent’ ...

New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...

American Contemporary Ballet favorites, a new solo "Hamlet" and more arts and culture headlines and happenings.

Weekly sermon summaries for local and area churches.

Newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the ...

Do you like history? I do. And I’m not sure why except that, I think it’s interesting to imagine those earlier times and then try to imagine yourself in that ...