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Holy See-t? Couple Spot Jesus in a Chair

Call it the chair-way to heaven. A couple in Mission Viejo, Calif., say they have found the likeness of Jesus Christ on an old rocking chair that had been sitting in their backyard for years. Lynn Balducci acquired the wooden chair more than 10 years ago, but only spotted Jesus' visage when she and her husband, Lou,...

Pilgrims, Clergy Come to Bethlehem for Christmas

BETHLEHEM, West Bank - The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in this biblical West Bank town. Officials said the turnout was shaping up to be the largest since 2000. Unseasonably...

'Jesus Toaster' Pops Up a New Kind of Wonder Bread

(Sept. 10) -- Six years after a Florida woman auctioned off a grilled cheese sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary, a Vermont man has introduced a toaster that sears the image of Christ on each and every slice it toasts. Call it a miracle! Or just call it the Jesus Toaster. Retailing for $39.95, the revelatory...

Vampire Novelist Anne Rice Quits Christianity, Not Christ

(July 30) -- Bestselling novelist Anne Rice, whose 1976 novel "Interview with the Vampire" was way ahead of the current vampire craze, in the last decade reinvented herself as a Christian writer who returned to the Catholic faith of her youth and began writing books such as "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," which imagined...

Santa Claus Rips Catholic Church

(July 26) -- Talk about piling on -- now even Santa Claus is taking shots at the Catholic Church. An explanation, of course, is in order. It's not the jolly old elf who lives at the North Pole with toy-crafting elves and flying reindeer. No, Virginia, this is a decidedly more politicized Claus, an ordained bishop from...

Background on Christ

Christ (Greek (Khristós) 'anointed') is a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ), the Messiah, and is used as a title for Jesus in the New Testament.

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