Among the belongings Asma Isyed, 68, brought from her West Bank village of Zababdeh in October were a small Bible and a booklet of prayers by St. Mariam Baouardy, a Palestinian saint. Isyed took the keepsakes with her when she traveled to Jerusalem to accompany her sister, Ibtisam Khoury, during her recovery from a liver transplant at Hadassah University Hospital.
You asked for forgiveness, and you received it So why do you keep serving a sentence for something you’ve already been pardoned for
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“You can’t legislate morality” Most of us have heard it But the phrase is missing a clause: laws themselves rest on moral commitments, which makes every vote a...
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Russian bombs keep falling on Ukrainian churches Yet every Sunday, thousands of worshipers still gather in bomb shelters, in ruined sanctuaries, wherever they can Faith hasn’t won the...
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The 19-year-old son of a Cuban Baptist pastor has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement since June, and advocates fear he could be jailed if deported...
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Author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza argues that archaeological discoveries can help people better understand the Bible’s historical narrative, pointing to artifacts associated with figures
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