For years it sat atop my grandfather’s dresser in his Bronx house on East 236th Street, haunting and a bit of a misfit: The crucifix is elaborate, essentially a story, chockablock with symbols ...

Easter services at Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver, Colorado on April 20, 2025. The church had over 2,000 attendees for its Easter services. Originally Published: April 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM MDT ...

It was a more weighty Mass this Easter Sunday at Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More, which on April 17 was turned into a refuge for Florida State students while an active shooter on campus injured ...

Years ago, collector Jesmond Farrugia was cleaning a silver-coated crucifix he had inherited from his late brother-in-law when his mother-in-law recognised the exposed wooden cross that began to ...

The womb of Mary, the cross and empty tomb are connected. They offer hope of eternal life. Jesus was, by the power of the Holy Spirit, immaculately conceived in Mary’s immaculate womb.

For example, Fra Innocenzo da Petralia, to whom Valletta's Ta’ Ġieżu Crucifix is attributed, used to sculpt and paint his crucifixes, therefore, probably, he had been licensed by both the ...

As Budde neared the end of her Jan. 21 sermon from the pulpit of the Washington National Cathedral, she looked directly at President Trump, seated in a front pew, and urged him to “have mercy ...

The painting, Christ Carrying the Cross (around 1565), will go on view at the Los Angeles museum on 1 May. It depicts a visibly pained figure of Christ in a pale red robe against a black backdrop ...

According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

King Charles gave specially-minted silver coins to 152 church volunteers at the Royal Maundy service in Durham Cathedral. This year’s service was notable for being the first organised by the ...