On June 19, cities, towns and villages held solemn Eucharistic processions, publicly professing belief in Christ’s real ...

"From the Pulpit" is a weekly column of faith, shared by Central Illinois faith leaders. This week: What does it mean to be a Black Christian during Juneteenth in Trump's ...

In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their ...

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters ...

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy, calling AI a key issue for human dignity, justice, and labor in his first audience.

The artist, Dowdell, told the Free Press: "I can't divorce the Madonna from black women," comparing Jesus Christ's mother to "any Negro mother." The stained-glass window of the Pilgrims is still ...

Did Netflix cut a famous Bible verse, which some Jewish scholars say is "the forbidden chapter," from the opening of “The Passion of the Christ ... viewers are met with a jarring 13-second blank, ...

Images of the Madonna and Child in a rose garden were popular ... her red gown decorated with wheels and her hand raised as she marries Christ. Opposite is St Barbara in blue velvet with her black ...

In most Christian churches across the West, the Virgin Mary is portrayed with light skin, much like her son Jesus Christ. But an estimated 400 to 500 versions of the Madonna portray her with dark skin ...

If Christ, they said, came to free us from our oppression ... starting the National Black Christian Movement and installing a painting of a Black Madonna holding the baby Jesus in his church, which he ...

“He used to teach that if you follow Christ, you had to be a social activist ... Her family joined the Shrine of the Black Madonna, a church based on Black Liberation Theology (full disclosure ...