Author and historical detective Graham Phillips, who lives in the Midlands of England, explores what happened to Mary after the Crucifixion in The Virgin Mary Conspiracy: The True Father of Christ and the Tomb of the Virgin. During his research, Phillips says, he discovered a controversial theory that Jesus was the son of Antipater, the son of […]

Wayne Weible of Jacksonville, Fla., is the author of Medjugorje: The Message, about visions of the Virgin Mary that began being reported in the summer of 1981 in Medjugorje, a village in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Jon M. Sweeney is the author of Strange Heaven: The Virgin Mary as Woman, Mother, Disciple and Advocate. He includes Mary in the Old and New Testaments, in various mystical texts including the Quran and the texts that inspired Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ screenplay, and apparitions and visions, the rosary, feast days and issues […]

The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian body in the United States.

The Africa Faith and Justice Network advocates for responsible U.S. relations with Africa from a Catholic perspective.

The National Council of Churches USA, representing mainline Protestant, Orthodox, African-American and peace churches, posted resources about its advocacy for Darfur.

World Vision is a Christian relief and development agency working on poverty reduction worldwide. World Vision president Richard Stearns’ book The Hole in Our Gospel won the 2010 Christian Book of the Year award. One focus of its work is sustainable development, including microfinance — it opened a microlending website this spring and has already attracted $385,000 and made more than 1,250 […]

Evangelicals for Darfur was a campaign by 20 prominent progressive and conservative evangelical leaders to bring an end to the killing in Darfur. It was organized by Sojourners/Call to Renewal, led by the Rev. Jim Wallis, in partnership with the Save Darfur Coalition. Contact Tim King, Chief Communications Officer.

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, Fla., has headed the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ International Policy Committee, which pressed for more action to stop the killings in Darfur.