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

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.

According to the Bible, Jesus was forced to carry a massive, wooden cross through the city to Golgotha, or Calvary, about ...

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a symbol is “something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of ...

And why was Jesus killed that way? Crucifixion could be carried out in a number of ways. In Christian tradition, nailing the limbs to the wood of the cross is assumed, with debate centring on ...

The stations, in fact, detail at least nine events that took place while Jesus carried his cross. Meditation on this sorrowful mystery and contemplation of the Way of the Cross in fact provides a ...

Discover how true glory is achieved through sacrifice and love, as explored in today's Gospel reading featuring Jesus' words on glory and sacrifice.

We are living in a moment in which the church is once again being called to take seriously the cross at the center of its faith. Just as Jesus confronted the injustices of his time, so too must ...