The Bible portrayed many courageous women, yet few appeared as leaders in the New Testament. Early Christian apocryphal texts ...

Our beautiful Mary steps lightly in the New Testament but leaves deep impressions on our souls. We hear relatively little from her in the Gospels, but her few words have echoed powerfully through the ...

Fans who saw the new Netflix film Mary, based on the biblical figure of the same name, have questioned the creative liberties the movie took while telling the story. Recently, Noa Cohen, the lead ...

A new movie about the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is sparking debate among viewers and religious scholars alike. “Mary,” a Biblical epic streaming now on Netflix, tells the story of the ...

Our Protestant friends in Christ often challenge us to find “proofs” of our doctrines in the Bible. When it comes to the doctrine of the assumption, almost all of them will say: “There is nothing ...

Was she really a prostitute? Why did Jesus love her so? Still, there are many unanswered questions about certain people in the Bible, but none is more controversial than Mary Magdalene. There have ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

A version of this story appeared in the June 16-29, 2017 print issue under the headline: Play draws Mary from Bible and Quran. The young Maryam (Bisley Kleijnen) gives birth to Isa, holding on to the ...

Visitors to St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia may not realize they've walked right past a piece of religious and calligraphy history in the south lobby. A section of a Saint John's Bible, which was ...