The crucifixion of Christ is one of the most famous stories in the Bible but author Julian Doyle has questioned much of what is represented in the scripture ...

A wooden cross is silhouetted by the early morning sun at the First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., Parkersburg. (Photo by Art Smith) As the faithful gather in church this weekend to celebrate ...

Message on the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto.

However, the crucifix tells only about half the story. The cross with Christ still on it falls short of what really is the ...

The new book The Cross: A Universal Symbol answers all these queries ... which reaches into the intense interior behind the veil, where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, becoming ...

While a symbol of faith, it is not just the pious ... The slowness to depict Jesus on a cross was not about a general sensibility to the visual arts, although they do seem to have been very ...

Easter symbols have ancient roots Early church ... various people claimed to have found fragments of the cross on which Jesus was executed, including St. Helena, the mother of the Emperor ...

Christians celebrate the Ascension, symbolizing Jesus' ascent to God. Le Monde explores the history and symbolism of one of ...

The Jesus Fish is one of the most recognizable Christian symbols today, often seen on car bumpers, jewelry, and church logos. While many believe it originated as a secret symbol during Roman ...

We should sit with the suffering and the abandonment of the cross, with the rejection of all that Jesus taught which that cross implies. We should sit with death, with such a death. In the Middle ...

The Cross of Christ symbolizes forgiveness, exemplified by Jesus's pardon of those who crucified him. This act mirrors his teachings on extending forgiveness to others. Figures like Gandhi ...