Martin Scorsese used David Bowie as a distant and almost sympathetic Roman to tell a unique story about Jesus.

The Holy Week naturally gives people who commemorate it some room to reflect on life and to think of subjects associated with ...

from the R-rated introduction of Mary Magdalene (Barbara Hershey), the sympathetic portrayal of Judas (Harvey Keitel), and the inspired casting of Pontius Pilate (David Bowie) to the jaw-dropping ...

Though his name is immortalized through the recitation of the Creed each Sunday, Pontius Pilate’s life as a whole is largely overlooked by Catholics. Certainly, it is enough to know the role he ...

Few artists can step up and deliver something universal on demand. But David Bowie, when faced with such a brief, came through in 1972 with a Top 10 UK hit in “Starman”. It’s hard to imagine ...

A 2,000-year-old ring unearthed 50 years ago may have been worn by Pontius Pilate, who served as the Roman prefect of Judaea from 26 to 37 AD. He served under the Roman emperor Tiberius during the ...

Those were his absolute wishes. 'He had planned maybe 10 or 15 years ago for a bigger funeral and then, strangely, when he heard what David Bowie did, which was nothing, absolutely nothing ...

Twenty-two years ago, director Charles Harvey mounted a production of Jesus Christ Superstar that was met with protests from ...

“If it seems that we are more Roman than Christian these days, it can help to recall that the hero of Easter is Jesus and not Pontius Pilate.” Joshua Bessex [email protected] For ...