The cross first appeared in the years before Pope Blessed Urban II called for the First Crusade (1096-1099) to set off to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Called at times ...

But the Holy Cross Crusader is unambiguously an armored, sword-wielding, cross-bearing icon of the Christian knights of the Crusades, so I’ll address the controversy on those terms. My argument ...

The College of the Holy Cross is mulling whether to shed its century-old sports symbol the “Crusader” out of concerns the image of a Christian warrior might be offensive to Muslims.

This story originally aired on November 17, 2017. The College of the Holy Cross is considering whether to change its mascot, The Crusader, which is depicted as a sword-wielding, purple cape-wearing ...

The Crusader has been the Holy Cross mascot for nearly 100 years, but this semester the college’s president Rev. Philip Boroughs asked students, faculty and alumni to consider whether it’s ...

Am I surprised the Holy Cross “Crusader” mascot is under siege? Of course not. This is Massachusetts. I’m only surprised they’re getting to keep “Holy” and “Cross” — for now.