(RNS) — Muslim-Christian relations are strained around the world, across the United States and even in Congress. But at Christmas, the two faith communities whose combined size represents more than ...

Both Advent and Mary’s pregnancy are well-advanced. Advent is half over and, after returning from Elizabeth’s, Mary is in her second trimester. Jesus is about 15 weeks old, with a beating heart, ...

Shannon Bream's new book, "The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak," takes a deep dive into the lives of women portrayed in the Bible — mothers and daughters who are central to both the Old ...

The Jesus And Mary Chain has announced their Australian Tour for the year 2024 which they are taking to celebrate their completion of 40 years together as a band. The tour is supporting their newly ...

The Jesus and Mary Chain formed in a haze of post-punk in 1983 in East Kilbride, Scotland, by Jim and William Reid. Though, the brothers didn’t exactly experiment with the “cut up method’ famously ...

For an estimated 2 billion believers worldwide, the Holy Family isn’t a myth but three real people who lived in ancient Palestine, Biblical figures whose lives can be told by way of geography, ...

If you’re familiar with The Jesus and Mary Chain, you will most likely compare them to another U.K.-based, brother-led band whose sibling rivalry eventually led to breakup. Of course, I’m referring to ...

While praising devotion to Mary, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith firmly rejected moves to formally proclaim Mary as "co-redemptrix" or "co-mediatrix." In a lengthy doctrinal note titled ...

Every July for the past 23 years I have joined in beautiful celebrations honoring St. Mary of Magdala. To prepare for her feast this year, I viewed director Garth Davis' "Mary Magdalene" film starring ...

The Claremont United Methodist Church in Southern California has erected a Nativity display that uses the religious symbolism of Jesus' birth to draw attention to the plight of migrants at the border.