Australian astronomers who charted the night sky 2,000 years ago claim that Jesus Christ was born on June 17 and that the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction of two planets.

This is just some of the eye-opening information revealed in "Shocked by the Bible: The Most Astonishing Facts You've Never Been Told" by WND Executive News Editor Joe Kovacs."It's amazing what people  read more »

in a new book, Augustine and the Jews, Paula Fredriksen, a Boston University religion professor and self-proclaimed "Augustinista," upends the received wisdom.  read more »

Painstakingly transcribed from hundreds of fragile, handwritten pages, the 500-page volume builds on decades of historical scholarship to provide a more accurate and complete look at the early church  read more »

In "The Nativity," Bakley promises that readers will "receive new information on when the birth of Christ happened," he writes. "It will show you the exact date and year he was born.  read more »

Octavius-Caesar Augustus probably never knew that his wise rule set up peaceful political and social climates that were ideal for Christ’s birth, and for the later spread of the early church.

Six medieval stained-glass windowpanes looted by the Red Army during World War II were returned to a German church Monday, where officials said they hoped to negotiate the return of other plundered ar  read more »

In 1904, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was in a battle with the federal government over the church's definition of marriage -- one man, many wives.  read more »

Archaeologists in central Syria have unearthed the remnants of an 8th century church, an antiquities official said Thursday.  read more »

Israeli police have broken up a brawl among rival monks in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed the site of Jesus's crucifixion, burial and resurrection.