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 Catechism of the Catholic Church states, following the statements of the Council of Chalcedon in 451 CE , that Jesus is “truly man and truly God” and is “like us in all things but sin.” ...

In one of the Gospel’s most profound moments, a Roman soldier watches Jesus die and exclaims, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” (Mark 15:39).

And that is really a plurality of Jesuses. A Jesus that's understood as a sage and wise man in some traditions, a Jesus that's understood as a superhero, a great performer of miracles in another ...

Ultimately, the Transfiguration accounts simply offer us another way to affirm what we have always said about Jesus: that he is truly God and truly man, possessing two natures in one person.

The Catechism teaches: “The name ‘Jesus’ contains all: God and man and the whole economy of creation and salvation.” When we pray in his name, we accept his invitation to be with him. We ...

Furthermore, I pointed out that American portrayal of Christ as a blonde, blue-eyed man was patently false. Jesus, a Jew living in Nazareth, would have been called a “colored man” in today’s ...

An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She ...

Even to this day, whenever I enter a church – really only for funerals, and weddings at a push – I instantly look for that building’s representations of the 14 stations. Paintings, carvings ...

Some Black activists have led a movement to discard the White Jesus. Black theologians like the Rev. Albert Cleage have depicted Jesus as a man of color and a revolutionary. And during the George ...