The story goes of a small minority group of people who were culturally, socially and economically marginalized by the mainstream systems of religion and government. They were vulnerable to the whims ...

(RNS) — Author Emily Stimpson Chapman discusses the pressures of rewriting the Bible, serving as a bridge between young Catholics and Scripture, and her new sense of being a spiritual mother. (RNS) — ...

“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as she enabled them.” — Acts 2:4 The Inclusive Bible This Sunday, 50 days after Easter, many churches will celebrate ...

The massacre occurred during a Sunday Mass, but it wasn't an ordinary Sunday – this was the great feast of Pentecost, which marks the end of the Easter season. What's more, the gunmen didn't strike in ...

The name comes from the Greek word pentekoste, meaning fiftieth. In many faith communities, Pentecost is a holy day celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter and is inspired by events described in ...