Bible sales in Britain have surged by a remarkable 87 per cent between 2019 and 2024, according to new figures driven by Gen ...

In a Lenten tradition preserved over the centuries, men dressed in black t-shirts, hoods, or bandanas walk along the lanes of ...

Introduction The history of Lent dates back to centuries ago with Christians spending time preparing to celebrate the ...

Some of the programs this year at Great American Media include a livestream of “The Passion Play” and an Easter program from the Museum of the Bible.

Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still, she says the two cannot coexist.

Before Jessie Hoffman Jr. enters Louisiana’s execution chamber at Angola, which is expected on Tuesday, he will walk past two colorful paintings of scenes from the Bible. One shows Elijah ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...

A U.S. Navy officer receives ashes during an Ash Wednesday celebration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in 2008. (Photo: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons) Marking the beginning of Lent ...

The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...