Orthodox Christian clergymen and pilgrims are marking Good Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the site where they believe Jesus was crucified on this date two millennia ago.

Two autistic boys sat inside a parochial school classroom this month. In a setting stripped of unnecessary furniture and toys to avoid distraction, they studied pictograms of a bearded Jesus in a red sash and images of their family members and people help

The Vatican said Friday it has formally complained to the Israeli government about a private Israeli TV show that ridiculed and blasphemed Jesus and Mary.

The Vatican is protesting an Israeli television show in which it says Jesus and Mary were “ridiculed” and “blasphemed.”

President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation drew one kind of protest. Whether the evangelical pastor offers the prayer in the name of Jesus may draw another.

When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn’t follow a star to locate him.

Vatican media are praising the Beatles’ musical legacy and sounding philosophical about John Lennon’s boast that the British band was more popular than Jesus.

The World Council of Churches will help deliver Christmas messages and prayers of peace to the biblical birthplace of Jesus.

The mayor of this conservative Oklahoma City suburb on Wednesday retreated from a board’s decision to help buy a bronze sculpture depicting Jesus Christ and said a private group will buy out the city’s commitment.

A conservative Oklahoma City suburb with a history of trying to incorporate religious art into public spaces has approved city funds to help pay for a statue of Jesus Christ to be placed downtown for Christmas, likely leading to another court fight.