First, a confession: As a Canadian Jew of Eastern European ancestry, I have rarely felt the urge to look at, never mind write about, Christian imagery of any sort. I don’t even really like to enter ...

When on July 5 the Vatican approved the devotion to Our Lady as Rosa Mystica (“Mystical Rose”), connected to the time she appeared in 1947 and 1966 to Italian woman Pierina Gilli, many people did not ...

Hindu mythology is filled with stories that reflect not only divine power but also human-like emotions. One such lesser-known tale involves three revered goddesses, Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Ganga, ...

Church leaders and activists have slammed a Catholic priest in India’s western Maharashtra state for alleged defamatory remarks about Marian devotion linked to a particular picture of Blessed Virgin ...