Topic: Pontius Pilate

Catholic leaders in East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank compared Gaza's suffering to the crucifixion of Jesus in an Easter message as Protestant leaders also decried Israel's continuing war.

Pope Francis delivered a message Easter Sunday encouraging peace between warring nations and comforting refugees, deportees and political prisoners across the world.

Norm Lewis, Ben Daniels and Brandon Victor Dixon are to co-star in NBC's upcoming "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert."

Joseph Fiennes, star of the biblical drama "Risen," met Pope Francis in Vatican City this week.

David Bowie, a British rock megastar who rapidly rose to superstardom and remained there for a half century, died Sunday after a yearlong battle with cancer.

After a few millennia as a male, the oldest tree in Britain is discovering life as a female.

Haaz Sleiman, Kelsey Grammer and Stephen Moyer are to star in the upcoming television adaptation of Bill O'Reilly's best-selling book "Killing Jesus."

Pope Francis told a group of students visiting the Vatican Friday he never wanted to be the head of the Catholic Church because it's wrong to want the job.

The producers of the Broadway production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" said Tuesday the musical will close July 1 unless ticket sales improve.

Pope Benedict XVI, in a new book on the last days of Jesus Christ, says the Gospels should not be interpreted as blaming the Jewish people for his crucifixion.