Orthodox Christians observe Holy Thursday, a solemn day in the Holy Week commemorating key moments from the final hours of Jesus Christ’s eart ...

In the Blessed Sacrament, heaven touches earth. And the Savior who once gave everything for love still comes to you, body ...

Good Friday is a special day filled with holy awe and silent sadness. It is on this day that the crucifixion of the Lord ...

Today, the Good Friday Christians all over the world remembers the suffering, passion and the death of Jesus Christ. It is ...

Catholic and Orthodox believers celebrate Maundy Thursday today as a memory of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ and his ...

We are entering the last several days of Holy Week. These culminate in Jesus’s ministry and the beginning of his Passion and Death. Christians worldwide are getting ready to celebrate the Resurrection ...

Martyrdom finds perhaps its most powerful cinematic expression in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (1928), ...

In a recent conversation with Scripture scholar Luke Timothy Johnson on “Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast,” I invited ...

Dismas’ endurance beyond Jesus’ death is what makes him a companion to the long-suffering. He has gone before those for whom, whether by age or chronic illness, every breath is a burden. Dismas is a ...

In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the ...

Christians in the Holy Land not only have the right but also the duty to celebrate Easter despite all the difficulties and conflicts they are now experiencing, said Cardinal Pi ...

In the Holy Orthodox Church, the Sacrament of Holy Unction is a powerful and comforting sacrament, one that speaks deeply to both our physical and spiritual needs. It is a sacrament of healing, ...