Archaeologists found another example of a crucified heel bone 49 years later in Cambridgeshire, England, in a grave in an ...

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

This Easter, although we rejoice in the empty tomb, don’t forget about the power of the cross. The cross cleanses, redeems, ...

You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his ...

As Christians worldwide prepare to commemorate the most sacred day in the Christian calendar, the Museum of the Bible in ...

On Good Friday, April 18 (weather permitting), at 3 p.m. at the Way of the Cross shrine in New Ulm, the Most Rev. Chad W. Zielinski, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Ulm, will lead a public ...

Popes in my lifetime have written eloquently about Mary, many of whom had a deep devotion to the Mother of God. Pope St. John Paul II, in his encyclical “Redemptoris Mater” made this observation about ...

The deafening clang of hammer on metal echoes through the cavernous sanctuary at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. The ...

The world may never know the true face of Jesus, but a modern breakthrough has given an idea of what Christ looked like ...

Eugenio Alliata's office in Jerusalem resembles any archaeology workshop that prefers fieldwork. On the overcrowded shelves, ...

The baroque concert, held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Cathedral, offers a unique opportunity to ...