Pope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica’s to end the 2025 ordinary Jubilee year at the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2026.
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From ancient Greek myths to Scripture and papal teachings, Christianity has long wrestled with hope.
Shamans from the organization Tengeri conduct an offering ritual in 2013 to Bukhe Bator, the spirit master of the Selenga River, Republic of Buryatia, Russian Federation.
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Animism describes religions in which humans are connected to the landscape around them but do not dominate it.
In the movie based on William Paul Young’s ‘The Shack,’ Mack (Sam Worthington), second from the left, meets the Trinity. From left to right: Jesus, the Son (Avraham Aviv Alush), Papa, God the Father (Octavia Spencer) and Sarayu, the Holy Spirit (Sumire Matsubara).
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The problems of suffering and evil emerging in the coronavirus pandemic occupy popular evangelical fiction. In ‘The Shack,’ proliferating divine beings harken to a long-standing solution.
