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Jesus gets a makeover as Sistine Chapel artwork undergoes restoration

The Vatican announced that Michelangelo’s Last Judgment will undergo its first restoration in 30 years, while the Sistine Chapel remains open to visitors.

Pope Leo XIV holds a baptism for Vatican City employees in the Sistine Chapel, January 11, 2026; illustrative.
President Donald Trump participates in NORAD Santa tracker phone calls, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 24, 2025.

Trump administration Christmas messages emphasize Jesus in overtly religious terms

statuette of Christ. Illustration.

800-year-old gilded Christ found near lost medieval church in Norway by detectorist

A person is holding a red flag with the inscription Jesus vous aime during a demonstration against Christianophobia with the aim of highlighting the cause of persecuted Christians in France and around the world in Paris France on September 28, 2025.

Vatican refutes claims of Jesus appearing in a French cliff, says stories shouldn't be regarded


Where was Jesus crucified? New book tries to solve the mystery

“Scripture does have to agree with itself but it uses different words to describe where Jesus was crucified."

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The Palestinian Authority has Jesus envy - opinion

This rewriting of history is so important to the PA that it repeats these fictions every year, especially around Christmas time.

 A TEACHER DECORATES a Christmas tree with students at Rosary Sisters’ School in Gaza City, last month.

2nd-Temple-period synagogue found where Gospel’s Mary Magdalene was born

The building is the second synagogue from the time uncovered in Migdal, a prominent Jewish settlement that was also the main base of Flavius Josephus, historian and anti-Roman rebel commander.

 Magdala stone exhibited for the first time in Israel at Yigal Allon Center

National Library of Israel releases photos of Johnny Cash's visit

Cash visited Israel five times throughout his life. 

 National Library of Israel releases photos of Johnny Cash's visit

Pope Francis restricts Latin Mass that caused controversy with Jews

Francis said he was restricting use of the Latin Mass out of concern that those who favor it also reject Vatican II.

Pope Francis arrives for the first weekly general audience to readmit the public since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican, September 2, 2020

Agency working with US military wants Jews to apologize for killing Jesus

“Jesus lived. You killed him. God raised him. We saw him. Say sorry,” chaplain Lt. Aristotle Rivera said in an Easter sermon.

An actor portraying Jesus Christ takes part in Passion Play as part of Good Friday celebrations at the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska near Krakow, Poland April 19, 2019.

British school gives homework on Jews’ part in killing Jesus

The school whose teacher gave the assignment apologized.

The statue of Jesus and the 12 Apostles on the Mount of Beatitudes in the Galilee

Biblical ‘royal purple’ found at Timna offers look at King David wardrobe

The color, a bright shade of purple, was extracted from mollusks fished in the Mediterranean Sea through a very expensive process.

Wool fibers dyed with Royal Purple,~1000 BCE, Timna Valley, Israel.

Mine-free River Jordan shrine ends 50 year wait for Epiphany

Israeli de-mining efforts began in 2018 and included support from the Halo Trust, a Scottish-based mine clearance group.

Worshippers attend a mass at the Franciscan Church that was reopened after landmines were removed at the Qasr el-Yahud site, near Jericho, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 10, 2021.

Archaeologists find dance floor where John the Baptist was condemned

Josephus said that the assassination was carried out at Machaerus, a fort near the Dead Sea in what is now part of Jordan.

Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger, painted by Dutch Reneissance painter Albrecht Bouts.