The beheading of John the Baptist has inspired lots of artistic interpretations. When we read Mark’s telling in today’s Gospel, we can see why; it has all the elements of a great story.

A tooth inside an ornate, artistically significant container and frame has been in the Art Institute’s possession for decades and was believed to come from John the Baptist. But researchers ...

An ancient tooth in a crystal vessel inside a gilded silver frame at the Art Institute of Chicago was long thought to belong to John the Baptist, a contemporary of Jesus. But testing ruled that out.

A jury found that the defendants didn’t violate Joy Banner’s right to free speech or the Louisiana Open Meetings Law. But ...

Joy Banner of The Descendants Project brought the lawsuit after the Parish Council chairman threatened her with prosecution ...

A historic south Essex built before the Norman Conquest is set to be turned into two homes. Thurrock Council has granted planning permission for St John The Baptist Church, Mucking Wharf Road ...

Drawing connections to the feast of the Baptism of the Lord on Sunday, Francis reflected on John the Baptist as a “great prophet of hope,” noting how people flocked to him “longing for a new ...

Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.

NEW YORK – In “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the best performance you may not have seen yet. “For me, it means a lot,” says the acting veteran, sipping green tea on a recent ...

No one last year gave a performance that comes close to what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in Hard Truths. Photo: Simon Mein/Thin Man Films Pansy Deacon, the London woman played by Marianne Jean ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the performance of the year as an explosive volcano of a woman in “Hard Truths.” She tells us what it was like to be so unhinged—and win awards for it.

Early in the new Mike Leigh film Hard Truths, actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a ferocious monologue about the uselessness of the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. “It’s ...