Black Jesus among art collection returned to Zimbabwe after 70 years “My father used to draw Jesus as Black because God is for all of us." said Gift Livingstone Sango. "He is not a God of color." ...

Henry Sharp Studio, Jesus with dark skin in a window for St. Mark’s Church in Warren, Rhode Island (1877). You can see the paint loss of the black paint in the outlines. Photo by Michel Raguin.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — An interpretation of Michelangelo’s iconic pietà featuring a Black Jesus has unexpectedly caused a debate about Black Lives Matter, the sanctity of art and the ...

Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.