She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. The Penitent Magdalene by Guido Reni.

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The Oklahoma Department of Education is rescinding a 2024 directive that required teachers to have the Christian Bible in every classroom and incorporate it into their lessons, which had been ...

We didn’t fully understand the experiment we were beginning, but this was the question driving our search, the point of curiosity that started our not-quite-scientific process. As women who were once ...

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma’s state schools superintendent, Ryan Walters, who has advocated for Trump-branded Bibles in the classroom, is stepping down to helm a conservative advocacy group. Walters, 40, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the heart of Mozambique, a quiet transformation is taking place — powered not by electricity, but by sunlight and faith. Missionaries Rolland and Heidi Baker, for nearly three decades, have been ...

A lot of hotel rooms have Bibles—and it’s not because they want to convert you Traveling may feel unpredictable at times, but seasoned globetrotters can always count on one standard comfort: the Bible ...

President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs could raise the price of Bibles. China, one of the countries hit with higher tariffs by the Trump administration this week, is the world's biggest Bible ...