Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Martin Luther, a German monk, played a central role in this movement by rejecting Catholic doctrines such as indulgences, papal supremacy, and the authority of Church tradition.

Celebrating King’s legacy of social and environmental justice On Monday, Jan. 20, the Yale Peabody Museum, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the New Haven Museum ...

BRIDGEMAN/ACI That Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses helped launch the Reformation is beyond question. Dated October 31, 1517, Luther’s letter to his superiors did include copies of the theses.

Religious rebel A quick history lesson: Martin Luther was a Catholic monk who emerged as an outspoken critic of the practice of selling "indulgences" — the pardoning of people's sins so they ...

Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and leading voice in opposition to the Vietnam War, has died at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam. He was 95.

Martin Luther King Jr. considered Nhất Hạnh a friend and nominated him for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize. Years later, Oprah Winfrey interviewed him, saying he had deeply influenced her thinking.

CHICAGO (RNS) — It has been more than 500 years since German monk Martin Luther’s words went viral, thanks to what was then some cutting-edge technology.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born 90 years ago, on Jan. 15, 1929. But the name on his original birth certificate — filed April 12, 1934, five years after King was born — was not Martin.