From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

Volunteers took turns carrying a 7-foot-tall wooden cross on Oxmoor Road, getting a small sense of what Jesus endured on Good Friday. “It felt like a heavy burden,” said Aidan Pearson ...

even when given a choice to free Jesus or Barabbas, followed by Jesus carrying the cross and being hung on it to die.

As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and ...

The exact date of Jesus Christ’s death on the cross has reportedly been "confirmed" by NASA, according to claims that connect biblical descriptions with astronomical data.

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

Then [Pilate] handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - For the second year in a row, an Alabama man is carrying a 13-foot wooden cross around the Tennessee Valley in honor of Easter. Stacy George carried a big display around Big ...

Jesus meets his mother, Mary, during the Way of the Cross reenactment. (Piyas Biswas) Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross during the Way of the Cross. (Piyas Biswas) Veronica wipes Jesus ...

The Holy Week tradition is dedicated to the suffering of Jesus as he carried the cross for his crucifixion. In Mexico, Catholics in the town of Taxco held an overnight procession, carrying crosses ...

Taking place each year in January, the procession sees devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross.

In his written homily, Pope Francis reflected on Simon of Cyrene, the man forced by Roman soldiers to carry the cross behind Jesus. Simon, the pope said, did not speak but simply acted, and in doing ...