For Luther, indulgences represented a system that misrepresented the gospel of salvation by faith alone. His bold stand was a ...

As spring approaches so does Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter Sunday. Here's when all three happen and where you can find ...

Why wait in line for a far-off glimpse of pandas when you can snuggle with cows, stretch with goats or sip tea with kittens?

to address the challenges of cross-domain generalization in ethnic fashion design. By introducing the concept of “Digital Cousins,” our approach generates culturally rich fashion designs that maintain ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Is there a Marian symbolism related to the moon? Is the expression "pale moon rising" a Marian reference? A: It would be interesting to see the exact ...

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Last year was the hottest the Earth has experienced since the start of global temperature records in the mid-1800s – and likely for many thousands of years before. The year 2024 was the first in which ...

Roth is project director of MennoMedia’s Anabaptism at 500 project, which commemorates the first adult baptisms in Zurich in January 1525—the symbolic ... church. The recent trilateral dialogue on ...

FILE - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers his speech as Pope Francis presides over the first vespers on the day the Catholic church celebrates the conversion of St. Paul, in the St ...

The congregation of St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church had been worshipping in the basement of Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church ... and as the priest brings a cross around the room for ...

The iconic one-liner, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” — the answer being, “To get to the other side” — is more than just an anti-joke, turns out. It’s been cooped up for far ...

In Jerusalem, the Pope, carrying a symbolic cross like any other pilgrim, will walk along the Via Dolorosa—reputedly the street on which Jesus carried his cross to Calvary. At the Church of the ...