An article that suggested ropes, not nails, held Jesus to the cross caused a firestorm. (RNS) — At the beginning of Holy Week ...

When it was suggested that pain relief in the form of chloroform be used, a New England minister said no because that would deprive 'God of the pleasure of their deep, earnest cries of help'. Women in ...

In the hands of Baroque painters, the Genesis account of Isaac, Jacob, and Rebekah becomes more than a tale of deception — it ...