SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: £5m-a-year fundraiser quits Oxford’s ‘toxic’ Christ Church

Boasting a magnificent Tudor dining-hall, it was perhaps inevitable that Christ Church, Oxford’s grandest college, would feature in the first Harry Potter film. But life at the college has not, alas, proved a wizard experience for its development director, Mark Coote. He has, I can disclose, abruptly resigned after little more than three years in … Read more

Ancient Greek inscription of ‘Christ, born of Mary’ was used to ward off evil eye 1,500 years ago

Ancient Greek inscription of ‘Christ, born of Mary’ that was used to ward off evil eye is found above the doorway of a once-magnificent church built in Israel 1,500 years ago A 1,500 inscription that reads ‘Christ, born of Mary’ has been found in Israel The phrase, written in ancient Greek, was used to ward off … Read more

Stunning 3D scans show internal structure of Christ the Redeemer statue

Stunning 3D laser scans show the internal structure of Brazil’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue for the first time A team of specialists took more than 180 million points of data using the scanner This allowed them to create an internal and external recreation of the statue The work was carried out just before 90th birthday … Read more

Maura Higgins sizzles in a plunging swimsuit before her boyfriend Christ Taylor PICKS HER NOSE

Maura Higgins sizzles in a plunging khaki swimsuit in Dubai before her boyfriend Chris Taylor PICKS HER NOSE in a hilarious clip By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 20:09 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 20:09 GMT, 10 December 2020 She shocked Love Island fans when she revealed in November that she is dating her … Read more

Chalk drawing of Jesus Christ believed to be previously unknown work by Leonardo da Vinci

A newly discovered chalk drawing of Jesus Christ with striking similarities to the Mona Lisa is believed to be a previously unknown work by Leonardo da Vinci. Italian researchers, who found the work hidden away for centuries in a private collection, claim that the chalk drawing is almost certainly the work of the Renaissance master. … Read more

Oxford University: Dean of Christ Church to continue legal fight

Dean of Oxford University’s Christ Church college can carry on legal fight to sue for religious and disability discrimination, tribunal rules amid longstanding row with fellow dons over his tenure The Very Reverend Martyn Percy, 58, is taking legal action against the college  Came after an attempt to oust him by fellow dons following sexual abuse … Read more

PATRICK MARMION reviews Jesus Christ Superstar 

Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London) Rating: Verdict: A religious experience Camelot (Garden stage, The Watermill Theatre, Newbury) Rating: Verdict: A trifle tame Henry V/The Merry Wives Of Windsor (The Maltings Open Air Theatre Festival, St Albans) Rating: Verdict: Low-rent fun For much of its 50-year history Jesus Christ Superstar has been … Read more

Kim Zolciak-Biermann claps back at trolls: ‘It’s often often the ugly ones that are “Christ lovers”‘

Kim Zolciak-Biermann is used to some juicy drama after more than a decade in reality television. So, the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum doesn’t have time for the toxic energy from Instagram trolls. She clapped back at some haters Tuesday in a series of impassioned videos she posted to her Instagram Story, responding to accusations … Read more

Justin Bieber thanks Jesus Christ on Instagram for making him feel ‘loved, chosen, and forgiven’

Justin Bieber has made it no secret that he holds Christianity – and the values that come with it – close to his heart. And on Friday, the 26-year-old pop star publicly thanked Jesus Christ on Instagram for allowing him to feel ‘loved, chosen, and forgiven’ despite years of past indiscretions.    ‘Thank you Jesus for my … Read more

Trump accuses protesters of planning to attack ‘statues of Jesus Christ and George Washington’

President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that protesters will be coming after statues of Jesus Christ and the founding fathers next and said he’d be ready to sign a ‘very strong executive order’ by the end of week to punish those who topple statues.  ‘Now they are looking at Jesus Christ, they are looking at … Read more