The mission of helping and assisting others was the main takeaway as graduates reflected on their time at Holy Cross.

In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow. Cardinal Robert F ...

(Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross. The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of Religion News Service.) The ...

“Pope Francis really exemplified what it meant to be merciful," Myers told a reporter in the St. Joseph Chapel at Holy Cross College, moments before the prayer service began. “He reached out ...

A new pontificate will have begun. Mathew Schmalz is a professor of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross. This article originally appeared on The Conversation.

Joanne M. Pierce is a professor emerita of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross. The 88-year-old pontiff had been well aware of his fragile state and advanced age. As early as 2015 ...

The Catholic Church opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia, but it also doesn’t support treatments that prolong suffering in the face of unavoidable death. A scholar of global Catholicism ...

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT DECISION, PROFOUND IN THE VIEW OF THEOLOGIANS FROM THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS AND BOSTON COLLEGE. I THINK HE’S ALSO MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT THE HEART OF THE ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Friday was celebrated by Christians around the globe as Good Friday, and Holy Cross Parish in Springfield was among several local churches that held a live ...

the mystery portrayed by the Confraternity of Bitterness in front of the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, the solemnity of Jesus of the Passion on Holy Thursday, and the gestures of ...

St. Augustine stole six bases in the third inning against Holy Cross, which proved to be a difference-maker in a District 9-5A matchup Tuesday at Holy Cross. The six stolen bases led to a three ...