Jesus Christ

Mexican mayor turns over city to God, stirring debate

2013-06-11 12:01:00

MEXICO CITY -- She rose to the podium and cast her eyes skyward. The mayor of Monterrey then entrusted her Mexican city to God and Jesus Christ as the crowd around her cheered. “I open the doors of this city to God as the maximum authority,”...

Mormonism and the discussion of a woman's place

2013-04-09 05:30:00

The newer, smaller and more centrally organized a religion is, the less prone it is to reformed versions breaking away. It also helps if the religion's followers form an insular group, to one extent or another, away from the tug of societal trends....

Pope Francis delivers stern message to cardinals at Sistine Chapel

2013-03-14 12:33:00

VATICAN CITY -- In his first mass as head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis delivered a stern homily in the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals had elected him as the 266th pope a day earlier. Stressing the power of prayer, Francis told the...

Pope Francis I is Argentine Jesuit known as austere modernizer

2013-03-13 13:06:00

Roman Catholic cardinals chose Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope Wednesday, selecting the Argentine Jesuit to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned Feb. 28, and lead 1.2 billion church followers around the globe. He was chosen after five rounds of voting in...

Sarah Palin plans holiday book about keeping Christ in Christmas

2013-03-12 08:12:00

Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has a new book coming, the�Associated Press reports.� The book, "A Happy Holiday IS a Merry Christmas," will discuss the "over-commercialism" and "homogenization" of Christmas,� publisher Harper...

The eternal disputes of the Dead Sea Scrolls

2013-03-10 00:00:00

In June 1954, a small advertisement ran in the Wall Street Journal: "Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale." The commercial offering was the start of a long and controversial path for the Dead Sea Scrolls, a cache of fragmentary...

What we need in a pope

2013-03-03 00:00:00

On Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI became the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to willingly step down from his position. What kind of man will the cardinals who have gathered in Rome from around the world choose to be his successor? We asked Catholics from a...

Boy Scouts are expected to address gay ban

2013-02-06 05:45:00

IRVING, Texas�— Boy Scouts of America officials�are expected to announce Wednesday whether they will lift a national ban on gay leaders and members, instead giving local scouting groups the power to decide. The Scouts' national board, which�has...

Mahony says he looks forward to voting on Pope Benedict's successor

2013-02-11 09:22:48

L.A. archbishop calls pope's retirement an 'act of humility'

2013-02-11 16:12:47

Nativity scene at Old City Plaza

2012-12-24 00:23:31

Goldberg: The GOP -- not a club for Christians

2012-12-11 00:00:00

In the scramble to make the GOP more diverse, a lot of people are looking at Asian Americans, whom many believe are a natural constituency for the party. I would love it if Asian Americans converted en masse to the Republican Party, but the challenge...

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica to mark the nativity of Jesus Christ, in Vatican City.

2012-12-24 00:00:00

Mary Andruzzi, Rita Sackel, and Talia Psaroudis admire the 1902 Louis Comfort Tiffany window ��Christmas Eve,�� in which a figure resembling Father Christmas holds the Christ Child, during an open house featuring Tiffany's century-old leaded glass windows and his celebrated 1893 chapel, at The

2012-12-22 00:00:00

Wisemen gather at the foot of the manger during a live nativity performance at the First Annual Christmas Nativity Festival in Burbank at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Firday, November 30, 2012.

2012-11-30 00:00:00