The cross calls Christians not to domination but to identification with the suffering and weak of the world. Hall’s critique is a much-needed corrective to contemporary trends in world religion.

What the cross teaches us about his remarkable patience. One of the most remarkable things about Jesus’ suffering is his patience. He could have used miracles to make himself impervious to ...

Could fragments of the true cross of Jesus really be among us today? Could fragments of a tree survive millennia? Or are they fragments of forgery?

Each Catholic church displays the 14 Stations of the Cross that depict Jesus’ journey to Calvary. Some stations are depicted in ornate paintings; others are plaques.

John 19:33, 34 and 36 reads, “But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs; But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side . . .

Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus entered Jerusalem and the beginning of the week of his passion, which, in the context of this article, refers to his suffering and death on the cross. But if you ...

“We know that salvation comes from the cross,” lector Olga Martinez said at the opening of the Good Friday liturgy leading to the outdoor procession. “We accompany Jesus in his death that ...

What if Jesus’ cross really is a healing burden? John tells us, in the gospel read at the liturgy for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, that God did not send the Son to judge the world — krino, in Greek.

'Instead of seeing the cross as a symbol of passivity and submissiveness in the face of evil and suffering, the cross must be seen in the light of the liberating mission of Jesus Christ' The feast ...

Today’s sheltered youth likely don’t understand Jesus’ suffering, words of compassion A mural depicting Jesus Christ on a wall close to the peace lines, in west Belfast, Northern Ireland ...

Could fragments of the true cross of Jesus really be among us today? Could fragments of a tree survive millennia? Or are they fragments of forgery?