He descended into Hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into Heaven. In unequivocal terms, the traditional Apostles' Creed sums up one of the central mysteries of ...

Many of my secular friends are confounded. How could Jesus-loving people support a bill so harsh and regressive? "What ...

Just as with heaven and hell, women are more likely than men to believe in reincarnation (38% vs. 27%), but the age pattern on this question differs from the ones observed on the prior two questions.

Religious beliefs have been woven into the fabric of human existence for millennia, shaping cultures and guiding personal choices with both wisdom and, at times, misguided certainty. Yet, as the world ...

During their lifetimes, some saints were given a peek into the happiness of heaven and the horrors of hell.

Between Heaven and Hell is a good, hard-hitting action film, replete with the usual heroics but also full with the ugly realization that the men who fought World War II were far from perfect. The ...

If afterlife stories are mostly about assuring ourselves that heaven is real and hell is for bad people, how are we shaping (or misshaping) our imaginations about people who believe differently?

Likewise, Heaven and Hell are real places where billions of people have already arrived, just like those gang members who were filmed entering CECOT. What would it take to convince you that Heaven ...

What is the view of the afterlife in the Hebrew Bible? Several facts stand out. First, the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, has no mention or even hint that dead humans go to heaven or hell.

The oft-cliched Christian notion of heaven — a blissful realm of harp-strumming angels — has remained a fixture of the faith for centuries. Even as arguments go on as to who will or won't be ...

Fortunately, we have today the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which reliably hands on the constant Church teaching about the Four Last Things (death, judgment, heaven and hell).