Jesus Christ

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

New York City's Times Square billboard sponsored by the  American Arab Discrimination Committee, claiming that Jesus is Palestinian, December 25, 2025.

Sponsored Times Square billboard claims 'Jesus is Palestinian,' wishes a 'Merry Christmas'

 Is the biblical end times upon us? A Pew study says 4 out of 10 American adults think so (Illustrative).

Why is the Rapture trending right now? - explainer


Will the Biblical Star of Bethlehem appear in the sky ahead of Christmas?

On December 21, our solar system's two biggest planets will come within close proximity of one another, in what is known as a great conjunction.

A montage of Saturn and its moons as captured by the Voyager 1 probe

US govt ‘strongly condemns’ arson attack on Church of All Nations

The embassy said that protection of religious minorities was critical, but praised Israel for the arrest of the individual believed to be responsible for the incident.

Special Mass in Church of All Nations on Sunday following arson attack on Friday. Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa center.

Prof. hopes report on Jesus's home will focus attention on cave churches

The phenomenon of cave churches and how they influenced later Christian worship and architecture is just beginning to be studied seriously and in depth.

Steps are seen in a cave at the Sisters of Nazareth site.

Have archaeologists found Jesus's childhood home in Nazareth?

This spot was first suggested as the home of Jesus and his family in the 19th century.

The first century house is seen at the Sisters of Nazareth site.

Jerusalem geologist believes we have the nails used for crucifixion

Aryeh Shimron found out that the nails were the same ones taken from the Caiaphas site, and were also used to crucify someone. And they have bone on them.

A replica of a find from Jerusalem, shows a heel bone pierced with an iron nail, believed to be the bone of Yehohanan Ben Hagkol, during a media tour presenting significant findings from that time, at Israel's National Treasures Storeroom, in Beit Shemesh.

Helicopters, armed police swoop in to arrest 'Russian Jesus' cult leader

Sergei Torop, aka Vissarion, has been running the Church of the Last Testament in Siberia since 1991.

Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the "Holiday of Good Fruit" feast in the village of Obitel Rassveta (Cloister of Sunrise), some 640 km (398 miles) southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia August 18, 2010.

Site of Jesus’s miracles may have moved over time, expert says

Archeologists agree that Bethsaida, which was mentioned many times in the New Testament, was a town in the Galilee region but its exact location has proved to be a source of controversy.

Penitents place a statue of Jesus Christ on top of a float during the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood in Oviedo, northern Spain

Israel's State Twitter knocks tweet calling Jesus 'Palestinian'

'God:Jesus was a Palestinian. Jesus: Hey Dad, remember when you gave that speech about Jewish values at my Bar Mitzvah?'

Penitents place a statue of Jesus Christ on top of a float during the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood in Oviedo, northern Spain

Jews today and Jesus’s Jewish body

Jesus not only was a Jew, but according to Christian theology, Jesus is still a Jew.

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.

When is Christmas in Israel?

Depending on whom it is you ask, Christmas in Israel is celebrated on a number of different days.

INSIDE THE Cathedral of St. James, a 12th-century Armenian church in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter.