Easter Monday—at 88. The Vatican confirmed his death, which followed recent hospitalizations due to a respiratory infection.

Today, we’re introducing “Believing,” a yearlong exploration from The Times on how we experience religion and spirituality ...

If Jesus rose from the dead we should believe his other claims. If he didn’t, why would we believe any of this? It matters ...

EVERY year during this season, the state — despite the Constitution's declaration that the separation of state and church is ...

The Gospel of Jesus is so simple that it takes deliberate efforts to misconstrue its fundamental tenets; unfortunately, the ...

For the last few decades, much of the world has tried to go without God, a departure from most of recorded history. More than ...

A cradle Episcopalian, the 34-year-old Graves, like many Christians, was taught that Jesus had died for his sins and for the ...

But what if Jesus’ family connections were as influential as ecclesiastic fervor in setting the course for a new religion?

Christian interpretations of Easter can sound notoriously subjective to sceptics. Consider the following claims made by a ...

Across the country this past Easter weekend, outdoor church bulletin boards proclaimed, “Alleluia, He is Risen,” and “Because ...

Throughout human history, people across cultures have sought to flee oppression and escape persecution. A recurring theme in Western literature and in modern classics, such as Superman and Disney ...

This year, during Holy Week, some of the distractions are centering around what seems like an obviously Christian phrase ...