Notre Dame’s golden altar cross seen glowing among the ashes as images emerge from inside show fire-ravaged cathedral. Here are the first images inside Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire ...

In Emmanuel Levy's Crucifixion, of 1942, it is an orthodox Jew who is hanging from the cross, wrapped in a prayer shawl. Jews are the scapegoats of Western Europe, the victims of genocide.

Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.

The cross is the central image or symbol of Christianity. It is common in churches and in other Christian institutions. Many Christians wear a cross around their neck or on their lapel as a badge ...