CHICAGO (RNS) — The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was ...

Jesus’ crucifixion linked to lunar eclipse, according to NASA discovery — and it could pinpoint the exact day he died By Marissa Matozzo Published April 18, 2025, 4:11 p.m. ET ...

The debate over the color of Jesus’ skin is one of the oldest running arguments in religion. But this Easter, the question is a serious one — for several reasons.

The union of Jesus’ Sacred Heart and Mary’s Immaculate Heart is more than poetic — it’s a spiritual key to understanding God’s love and our response to it.

What race was Jesus of Nazareth? Nobody can say for certain, but based on recent comments by the head of the Church of England, it is time to revisit whether or not Jesus should be portrayed as a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Religion News Service's Bob Smietana about the "He Gets Us" campaign, which is spending millions to promote Jesus while its funding and overall goal remain unclear.

The “Finding Jesus: Fact. Faith. Forgery” season finale airs Sunday, April 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. Catch up on the series with special marathons, Friday at 11pm ET and Saturday at 7pm ET ...

So, did Jesus really exist? With his new book, Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth, Bart Ehrman, historian and professor of religious studies at the University of North ...

Jesus would have been a man of Middle Eastern appearance. In terms of height, an average man of this time stood 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) tall. Our overall appearance, though, is not just about our bodies.

And when I think of what the divinity of Jesus means in that context, one of the signs of it is that feeling he’s got more to say than human language can carry.

Saint Jesus Jesus in Hinduism Shaunaka Rishi Das has been Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies since its inception in 1997. He gives his view on Jesus from a Hindu perspective.

The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife had undergone—and passed—more state-of-the-art lab tests, inch for inch, than almost any other papyrus in history. But skeptics had identified other problems.