VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Wednesday that an Italian journalist the Holy See has previously corrected was not speaking accurately when he claimed that Pope Francis denied Christ’s divinity. “As ...

This is American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner’s depiction of Nicodemus meeting Jesus at night on a rooftop in Jerusalem. Tanner lived from 1859-1937. (Courtesy Photo) Told in the Gospel of John, the ...

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican spokesman directly denied on Thursday the report of an Italian journalist who wrote that Pope Francis said he did not believe that Jesus Christ was divine. “The Holy Father ...

Every once in a while, Catholics hear St. Athanasius’ name at Mass. But many of us probably don’t realize who he was and how he shaped the church’s history. But he had a lot to do with the Creed we ...

Bible scholar John Dominic Crossan is a controversial figure within Christianity. That's pretty well bound to happen when you're a New Testament authority who publicly says things like he doesn't take ...

Was Jesus Christ divine, God incarnate, as most Christians believe? Or was he merely an extraordinarily charismatic human whose passionate followers later asserted he was divine — something he never ...

Q: Did Jesus claim to be God? Answer: Scholars and readers have different views about Jesus’ identity. I will repeat a few points not to declare a position but to encourage more reading and thinking ...

ROME — Plenty of non-Christians believe that Jesus was a real person and that what he taught can make the world a better place, but what makes a person a Christian is believing that Jesus is God, said ...

Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, was asked if the claim of Jesus' divinity is farfetched. No, it's not farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: he ...

A Vatican spokesman directly denied on Thursday the report of an Italian journalist who wrote that Pope Francis said he did not believe that Jesus Christ was divine. "The Holy Father never said what ...