(RNS) — She’s the subject of the most-recited prayer in the world, but also, Mary might be one of the least-known women in history, argues biblical scholar James D. Tabor in his latest book, “The Lost ...

A new book argues that the mother of Jesus was a powerhouse in her own right. Madonna and Child, c.1485 (oil on wood) by Giovanni Bellini, currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

In his History of the Reformation in Scotland, John Knox described an incident from his early life as a Protestant. Having been delivered from "the puddle of papistry," as he called it, he was taken ...