KUALA LUMPUR: The liturgical and catechetical ministries of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus recently collaborated to hold a unique and meaningful event specially designed for children aged 7 ...

By Steve Sticker Columnist Lent, April 2025, ongoing restoration by a team of 50 scientists of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, believed to be the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, death ...

Between the cross and the column, Jesus looks out at us: in the tomb, neither dead nor resurrected, yet still suffering. He wears the crown of thorns, bears the lethal wounds of crucifixion, but holds ...

A crown of thorns is pictured on a table draped in purple during Lent at Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Dunkirk, Md., April 7, 2022. As Lent begins, The Catholic Register opens its editorial space ...

It is a visceral reminder of Our Lord’s sufferings. Thorny vines outside of your door can be used to create a crown of thorns for Lent. (photo: Emily Malloy photo) Emily Malloy Features March 4 ...

The prickly plant is also said to symbolize the crown of thorns placed on Jesus’ head before he was condemned to death by Pontius Pilate. Germany, Luxembourg, France, and Belgium ...

A knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre holds the crown of thorns during a procession marking its return to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Dec. 13, 2024, five-and-a-half years after a ...

Once the crown of thorns had been placed on the main new altar inside the cathedral, Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris addressed the 2,000-strong audience of faithful. “We are moving from the time of ...

Firefighters and police officers formed a human chain to rescue the crown of thorns from the inferno at Notre Dame on April 15, 2019. On Dec. 13, this holiest relic of Paris' cathedral was returned to ...

Firefighters and police officers formed a human chain to rescue the crown of thorns from the inferno at Notre Dame on April 15, 2019. On Dec. 13, 2024, this holiest relic of Paris' cathedral was ...