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Nigerian Christian pilgrims wait to get into the Grotto, inside the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras ...  

Nigerian Christian pilgrims pray inside the Grotto, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the Church of Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Thursday,... (Associated Press) Palestinian police officers ...  

Photo by Bullneck The Catholic Church is shaking things up these days, huh? The same Church that silenced Galileo Galilei has acknowledged that aliens could maybe exist. Further, the Church says that xenomorphs might not require redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church is only talking astrobiology in theoretical terms right now, but what's preventing the Vatican from launching its own national space program? Could...  

An unholy row has broken out in New Zealand over a church billboard aimed at "challenging stereotypes" about the birth of Jesus Christ.A dejected-looking Joseph lies in bed next to Mary under the caption, "Poor Joseph. God was a hard act to follow". St Matthew-in-the-City Church in Auckland, which erected the billboard, said it had intended to provoke debate. But the Catholic Church, among others, has condemned it as "inappropriate" and...  

Transubstantiation is the Roman Catholic doctrine regarding the consecration of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ during mass. Other Christian denominations do not agree with this doctrine.Contributor: Rebecca CarollPublished: Oct 23, 2009  

(Eric Giunta) - Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings. {Hebrews 13:7-9a}...  

With Christmas approaching, tens of thousands of Mexico's Roman Catholic faithful will travel narrow and hazardous two-lane highways through central Mexico's cold highlands to a once pagan shrine now dedicated to Jesus Christ.  

We, the Cathedral Parish of Mary Our Queen, are a worshipping community of Catholic Christians in north central Baltimore. With Mary as our patroness and with the aid of the Holy Spirit, we strive to experience more perfectly the love of God as revealed to us in Jesus Christ, to return that love to God, and to share that love with each other and with all of our brothers and sisters in the Archdiocesan and larger community. We proclaim the...  

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has reminded people that the source of hope for the world is the love of God revealed in the birth of Jesus Christ