Jesus Christ: God, magician or charlatan?
In ‘Heresy,’ historian Catherine Nixey recounts all the different versions of a contradictory figure based on classical texts
From a Jesus Christ sensei to Muslim converts: Inside the strange new wave of Christian cinema
‘The Carpenter,’ a film about a martial arts fighter trained by the Messiah, is the latest addition to a growing trend of religious propaganda films disguised as action, horror, and thrillers
A pedophile priest recorded his crimes. The Jesuit Order covered up the findings of the investigation
Over decades, a Spanish priest, Lucho Roma, abused hundreds of Indigenous girls in Bolivia. He photographed them, recorded them on video and documented his crimes in writing. This is the second diary of a pedophile priest that EL PAÍS has managed to access. On this occasion, however, the Society of Jesus carried out investigations that confirmed the crimes. But then, after Roma’s death in 2019, they kept them in a drawer, where they remained unpublished. Until today
The Brazilian bishop who took the first step toward the Catholic Church embracing LGBTQ+ people
The prelate of the diocese of Santo Amaro, in São Paulo, Brazil, submitted the consultation to the Vatican. That inquiry led to the authorization to baptize the LGBTQ+ faithful, who can also be godparents and witnesses to a wedding
Witchcraft reaches the classroom
The University of Exeter has created a master’s degree in Occult Science, while the Complutense University of Madrid offers a course on Magic and Religion
Pope Francis denounces the weapons industry as he makes a Christmas appeal for peace in the world
Francis’ annual ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (’To the City and the World’) speech typically offers a lament of all the misery facing the world
Miracle in Missouri? The case of the supposedly incorrupt nun that attracts thousands in the US
The exhumation of the remains of the founder of a Benedictine order has unleashed religious fervor in a country where Catholics are a minority. Forensic experts state that the failure of a corpse to decompose after four years is more common than it seems
Buddha in the land of the pharaohs: 2,000-year-old statue of Siddhartha Gautama discovered in Egypt
The figure was excavated in a temple to the goddess Isis at an ancient Red Sea port. It suggests that the two worlds were closer than previously thought
Kenyan cult deaths at 73, president likens them to terrorism
Paul Makenzi was arrested on suspicion of telling his followers to fast to death in order to meet Jesus. The total death toll now stands at 73, with 26 new bodies exhumed on Monday
Cubans seek solutions and solace in Santería amid crises
Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government. Now it’s growing in popularity and expanding to new demographics
Has the left become more puritanical than the right?
Invocations of moral purity, once associated with conservatives, are increasingly the domain of progressives. Is social media fueling an out-of-control cancel culture?
Notre-Dame de Paris: where all the paths in France converge
One of the most powerful symbols of Europe will overcome the fire, just as it has resisted other disasters throughout the centuries