On Jan. 3, we celebrate the optional memorial of the Holy Name of Jesus, a feast that gained its place on the Roman Calendar in 1721 by the order of Pope Innocent XIII. The feast had been celebrated ...

For Christians it seems almost obvious that Jesus was literate. After all, an incarnate deity who can raise people from the dead, walk on water, and multiply foodstuffs could surely do something more ...

Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of ...

This three-part article examines the evidence against three men pivotal in the death of Jesus. Was it an execution or murder, and who was responsible? No trial or execution in history has had such a ...

THE CONVERSATION via AP — Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some Christian biblical sources, was born in this town some two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. File: Drones are lighting up the sky over Manvel every night this week. (picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I) ...

This three-part article examines the evidence against three men pivotal in the death of Jesus. Was it an execution or murder, and who was responsible? No trial or execution in history has had such a ...