Nobody warned you about the smell. Before you saw anything, before you understood where you were or what that place was going to do to you, it hit you: industrial bleach, sweat, and something ...

The Black church’s ecstatic and spontaneous praise shows delight in the Holy Spirit. Each first Sunday of the month, mothers in my childhood church wore all white and sat in the two rows nearest to ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross (THE CONVERSATION) A stained-glass ...

This week marks the beginning of the season of Lent, during which we will prepare to join Jesus in his 6-week journey toward the cross. Jesus is not to be killed, execution-style, for another month, ...

Horror is now getting biblical at home. This week, Nicolas Cage's latest supernatural thriller flick, The Carpenter's Son, was released on digital platforms after a theatrical run that sparked plenty ...

The family of the artist who created the mural are fighting to see if the artwork can be salvaged. A Detroit community refuses to say goodbye to a historic mural of Black Jesus as the long-time ...

Detroit — A Catholic church historically known for its mural of a Black Jesus celebrated what officials said was its final Mass Sunday morning. St. Charles Lwanga, formerly known as St. Cecilia at ...

The Detroit Catholic church where a painting depicting Jesus as a Black man, generating both international acclaim and violent threats, is shutting down, and the fate of the building and the renowned ...

They called her revelatory, even legendary. They marveled at her voice and her power. The harshest critics were gentle, only wondering if the star of “Jesus Christ Superstar” could have hit an even ...

Cynthia Erivo’s new role as Jesus at the Hollywood Bowl’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” has some Black folks online in shambles. Clips of her performance went viral over the weekend, and now, the Black ...

Adam Lambert is standing up for his “Jesus Christ Superstar” co-lead Cynthia Erivo. In an interview with Billboard, Lambert, who plays Judas opposite Erivo’s Jesus in the production of “Jesus Christ ...