Josh Shapiro will be taking office as Pennsylvania’s next governor in January after running a campaign in which he spoke early and often about his Jewish religious heritage.
How the battle over Christian nationalism often starts with homeschooling
The Rev. Jessie Johnson, teaching pastor at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia, rejects the idea of a Christian nation. “The government doesn’t establish churches nor should it,” he said.
Geneva Bible From The 16th Century On Display At Connecticut Church
In 2016, Ted Abercrombie called the Trumbull Church of Christ — where his great-grandfather served as one of the original elders — with an offer.
Education Secretary Cardona: ‘If it weren’t for my faith, I wouldn’t be here’
Miguel Cardona smiles as he recalls waiting backstage in December 2020 on the day then-President Elect Joe Biden was planning to announce Cardona as his nominee for secretary of education. Cardona remembers huddling with the president-in-waiting, of course, but says…
Signs of Salome, said to be nurse to baby Jesus, unearthed in Israel
Excavations of a cave reputed to be the burial place of Salome, said in non-canonical scripture to have been nurse to the newborn Jesus, have found more signs it was both an important Jewish tomb and a Christian pilgrimage site,…
Vatican II after 60 years
With the passage of 60 years since the opening of the Second Vatican Council, there are few people alive who remember the event, even fewer who participated.
Christians From Myanmar Celebrate Passage Of US BURMA Act
Since Myanmar’s latest military coup in February 2021, ethnic Chin, Kachin and Karen Christians in the U.S. have advocated for democracy in their home country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
Sunday school looks different since pandemic’s start: From monthly to missing
At St. Ann’s Episcopal Church in the Chicago suburb of Woodstock, Illinois, the once weekly Christian education program is now monthly, and known as “Second Sunday Sunday School.”
Who is at the manger? Nativity sets around the world show each culture’s take on the Christmas story
For many Christians around the world, celebrating the Nativity, or the birth of Jesus Christ, is the most important part of the Christmas season.