Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross For the Catholic Church and many other Christian denominations, the Sunday before ...

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 ...

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

The Season of Lent which was started on Ash Wednesday with imposition of ashes on our foreheads marking ourselves with the ...

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” ...

If you are currently procrastinating like the foolish virgins, then stop putting it off because you may very well run out of ...

Ninth Annual Mass for Vocations held April 10 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in ...

“A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him” (Lk 23:27).

Centuries before Jesus was born, Jewish prophets had foretold his coming. During Holy Week, many of the prophecies made about ...

Images of Mary and Christ are plentiful, as are images of them sitting in a rose garden. Since most of the population from ...

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Elder David A. Bednar, Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Elder Ulisses Soares and others spoke on ...

The liturgy of Palm Sunday is dissonant, almost schizophrenic. It begins with jubilant rejoicing only to end in bitter ...