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Trump administration Christmas messages emphasize Jesus in overtly religious terms

While previous presidents have routinely issued Christmas greetings, they have typically emphasized themes of charity, family, and goodwill, using language that includes Americans of all faiths.

President Donald Trump participates in NORAD Santa tracker phone calls, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 24, 2025.
statuette of Christ. Illustration.

800-year-old gilded Christ found near lost medieval church in Norway by detectorist

A person is holding a red flag with the inscription Jesus vous aime during a demonstration against Christianophobia with the aim of highlighting the cause of persecuted Christians in France and around the world in Paris France on September 28, 2025.

Vatican refutes claims of Jesus appearing in a French cliff, says stories shouldn't be regarded

The original statue of Our Lady of Fatima (Virgin Mary) is carried to St. Peter's square before the arrival of Pope Leo XIV to celebrate the Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace as part of the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality in the Vatican on October 11, 2025.

Calling Virgin Mary 'co-redeemer' is foolish, says Pope Leo


Archbishop of Canterbury: Church must reconsider image of Jesus as white

Asked whether the image of a white Jesus needed to be reviewed, the head of the Church of England said: “Yes of course it does."

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. January 26, 2020

Israel's State Twitter knocks tweet calling Jesus 'Palestinian'

'God:Jesus was a Palestinian. Jesus: Hey Dad, remember when you gave that speech about Jewish values at my Bar Mitzvah?'

Penitents place a statue of Jesus Christ on top of a float during the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood in Oviedo, northern Spain

God TV CEO wants Jews to ‘reexamine claim Yeshua is Messiah’

Ward Simpson says he is Jewish and asserts that God TV’s Hebrew-language Shelanu TV channel will ‘absolutely… proclaim the Good News that Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel.

Penitents place a statue of Jesus Christ on top of a float during the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood in Oviedo, northern Spain

‘Preaching about Jesus is who we are, we’re Christians,’ says God TV

Missionary channel chief says Christians are called to spread the Gospel around the world, says God TV seeks to have Jews believe Jesus is the messiah, not convert them

Man Watching TV

Why do some Christians believe coronavirus is an apocalyptic prophecy?

According to some on social media, the coronavirus is part of the biblical prophecy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Viktor Vasnetsov. From left to right are Death, Famine, War, and Conquest; the Lamb is at the top.

Another victim of coronavirus: Spain's religious statue-kissing

Health authorities have recommended that people use "common sense" and avoid rituals that could help spread the disease that has killed five people and infected 365 so far in Spain.

Devotees gather to see the via crucis of the statue of Christ of Cinco Llagas (Five Wounds) in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain

A day at the museum: A history of rejection and reconciliation

How these three traditions, shaped through their mutual interactions, continue to mold us today.

The Israel Museum

Jews today and Jesus’s Jewish body

Jesus not only was a Jew, but according to Christian theology, Jesus is still a Jew.

An actor portraying Jesus Christ takes part in Passion Play as part of Good Friday celebrations at the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska near Krakow, Poland April 19, 2019.

Senior Palestinian claims Jesus was an Islamic martyr

A number of Palestinian leaders have this week claimed Jesus as one of their own, but one went further, naming him as the first Islamic Shahid.

Broken statues of the crucified Jesus Christ hang on the wall in the workshop of sculptor Nikolaus Duerlich of the ethnic minority of Sorbs, in Raeckelwitz, Germany, April 5, 2019.

In time for Christmas, festival of Liturgy opens in Nazareth

It is perhaps symbolic that this 100-year-old church should be witness to another outreach innovation, the first Festival of Liturgy created by a musician, Nabil Abboud Ashkar.

The Festival of Liturgy launches in Nazareth