While the decision to ban public servants from wearing religious symbols was left up to each state, the EU court said such bans are justified.
Lawsuit filed by alumni from Junipero Serra High School claims San Diego school and school board favor Native American religious symbol.
Here's why bread is so much more than a carb hit.
The discovery of an owl could bode well for the family, given the meaning of religious symbols.
For some, it’s a kind of trickster. For others, a symbol of meditative solitude.
“Wait … is that St. Scholastica or St. Adalsinda?”
According to mythical tales, panthers were thought to be so gentle only dragons were their enemies.
A replica of the most famous work by the anonymous “Master of Taüll” is still there in the church, deep in the Pyrenees.
Spoiler: It’s not all about Jonah.
Often confused with each other, aureoles and “almonds” play a key role in Christian iconography.
Bears, depending on context, might imply one thing or its exact opposite in Christian iconography.
Round, cruciform, and even triangular halos are relatively common in Christian iconography, but square ones?
In biblical narratives, salt was deemed way more than something one keeps in the kitchen: it was a marker of friendship and loyalty.
Coptic Egyptian monks saw the ostrich, considered a symbol of stupidity in various parts of the ancient world, in a radically different way.
Secularism bill will be challenged in court.
Of all the ancient Mediterranean symbols the Christian church adopted, the dove was probably the most frequently repeated in liturgical art.
Not everyone knows the religious meaning behind this iconic image of the queen.
