A long lost church thought to be where Jesus ‘healed the bleeding woman’, has been discovered by archaeologists buried underneath a path in an ancient Roman city. Experts from the University of Haifa believe the church was within the ancient city of Banias that had been renamed Caesarea Philippi during the lifetime of Jesus. Byzantine … Read more
Russian special forces today staged a special operation to detain a former traffic cop who leads a sect in Siberia claiming he is Jesus Christ. Sergei Torop – known as Vissarion – and his closest aide Vadim Redkin, a former rock musician, were reportedly detained and flown away under armed guard. Wispy-haired Torop, 59, is … Read more
An engineered created ‘AI Clone of Jesus’ by feeding artificial intelligence the King James Bible, resulting in interesting and somewhat horrifying scriptures. George Durendal used a natural-language processing system to replicate the ancient words without exactly copying the text. The technology was programmed to write about three topics: ‘the plague,’ ‘Caesar,’ and the end of … Read more
A Biblical village cursed to destruction by Jesus really existed and today lies in ruins only a mile from the Sea of Galilee, archaeologists believe. In the Bible Bethsaida was home to disciples Peter, Andrew and Philip and where Jesus was said to have ‘fed the 5,000’ and helped a blind man to see. Archaeologists … Read more
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
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
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
The forthcoming indie film Habit stars Paris Jackson as Jesus, and Bella Thorne as a ‘street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish’. And the movie is making waves before it’s even released, with a Change.org petition protesting the film racking up more than 260,000 signatures by Tuesday. The petition’s founder, Vivian N., called Habit, ‘a … 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 mindset 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