In one sculpture made from fired terracotta, with a natural patina, life holds and cradles life. In another sculpture, life ...

In the article, Daniel Silliman described the work of a Bible scholar who has proposed the possibility, based on historical ...

The Getty Museum has bolstered its collection of Spanish works with a painting by 16th-century master Luis de Morales.

ROME (CNS) — Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.

Pope Francis' favorite painting was Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion." Here's what the Nazi-era artwork teaches about the ...

The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ...

Easter Monday—at 88 from a cerebral stroke. The Vatican confirmed his death, which followed recent hospitalizations due to a ...

People across the world are marking Good Friday with a pilgrimage. In Baton Rouge, hundreds made the journey. The faithful ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

The sixth word from the cross brings us to the death of the Lord Jesus, crucified for our sake.

The sky went black because the world couldn’t bear the weight of what was happening. The temple veil tore in two because heaven’s gates had been flung wide open. The ground shook because hell itself ...

For me, there are three themes that I draw out of our tradition and that I emphasize in my preaching: solidarity, empathy and ...