Chinese officials have reportedly ordered some Christians to smash the crosses on their churches and remove images of Jesus from their homes. Authorities have recently destroyed religious symbols by force in churches in multiple provinces, including Anhui, Jiangsu, Hebei and Zhejiang, according to US-based news site Radio Free Asia. Furthermore, officials of Shanxi, another region, … Read more
Paris Jackson became the target of online naysayers last month, when it was revealed she would play ‘lesbian Jesus’ in the forthcoming indie film Habit. But, even amid the backlash, the 22-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson only had peace to spread as she stopped by a Walgreens store in Sherman Oaks on Monday. Paris flashed a peace … Read more
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
Terrifying moment joyrider screams ‘I am Jesus!’ before killing retired magistrate, 87, when he ploughed into bus stop in stolen car during 30-minute crime spree Gavin Collins, 39, went on a 30-minute rampage which ended in him mowing down and killing pensioner Terry Radford Collins, who had been released from jail days before, crashed into … Read more
A painting of the Last Supper featuring a black Jesus is being showcased at St Albans Cathedral in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. The Dean has agreed to install the 9ft piece of artwork on the altar after conceding that the church is in a weak position to preach about racial justice. Titled A Last … Read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the West to reconsider its prevailing sense that Jesus was white – as he revealed a review into religious statues. Justin Welby said monuments in Canterbury Cathedral are going to be looked at ‘very carefully’ to see if they all ‘should be there’. The head of the Anglican Communion waded … Read more
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
The feet of Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper have been revealed in gigapixel detail in a Google project that aims to bring some of the collection of Royal Academy of Arts online amid the coronavirus lockdown. The London-based academy is the latest to join the Google Arts & Culture platform, where high-res … Read more
The place ‘where Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000’ has been totally submerged by flooding, forcing archaeologists to abandon the excavation site. Bethsaida — hometown to disciples Andrew, Peter and Philip — was reputedly where Christ performed the miracles of feeding the multitude and helping a blind man see. Archaeologists have been working to prove that the … Read more
The people of Nazareth may have forced Jesus out of town because of their intolerance to new ways of thinking and resistance to change, a new book suggests. This was driven by a staunch adherence to Jewish law and is also the reason the city wholly rejected Roman culture and influence. Nazareth is the biblical … Read more