Note that the Shroud of Turin is often called the “world’s greatest mystery”: an ancient burial cloth with an image of a crucified man with all the wounds that Pope John Paul II called “a mirror of ...

One of the world’s leading scholars of early Christianity answers difficult questions about ancient texts. Topics include historical sources for Jesus, translation issues, and how meanings changed ...

Texas public schools could soon be required to teach biblical passages in English classes from kindergarten to senior year, according to a draft proposal before the State Board of Education. The ...

Millennial readership has increased; zoomers read less than other generations but are on a steady upward trajectory. “Around two years ago, I started reading the Bible,” 20-year-old Hailey Gillman ...

I'm sharing a personal reflection on my journey through the genealogies in First Chronicles and how it changed my mindset about reading the Bible. Instead of searching for personal takeaways, I'm ...

on account of the Son of Man. Find today’s readings here. Scripture can be intoxicating. Sometimes, I feel tempted to distort Jesus’ words, to hear them as though they were spoken exclusively for me.

From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend. By Maggie Astor Any reader knows the unique delight of ...

• Acquitted of murder: Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly striking her off-duty police officer boyfriend and leaving him to die in January 2022, was found guilty of drunk driving ...

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman whose widely watched murder trial ended with a hung jury last year, was acquitted of second-degree murder Wednesday after prosecutors retried her in the 2022 death ...

Karen Read was found not guilty on Wednesday of second-degree murder and manslaughter, charges stemming from the mysterious 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe. After 21 ...

A jury cleared Ms. Read of charges related to the 2022 death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, and convicted her only of drunken driving, in a trial that attracted wide attention. By Jenna ...