Santa Semana—or Holy Week—in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand and participate in religion, today, the Holy Week events have been declared ...

From king to the world’s pastor: How will the next pope change the style of the papacy? By Zac Davis The scarlet robes. The ...

The complexities of this color are due to the historical context of the time ... not the only depiction of Jesus’s final meal with his disciples. In Juan de Juanes’s depiction of the scene, Judas is ...

In Vittoriosa (Birgu), statues borne by figures in purple robes, roman centurions and even ... commemorate the passion and death of Jesus Christ, each year attracting a dedicated group of ...

And in that time, as her family prayed ... I recognized Jesus,” she said. “And on my left there was a figure next to him in long brown robes, bald with bare feet who I didn’t recognize ...

God in effect tears his own robe at beholding the torturous crucifixion of his Son. At the same time, he makes a way for the whole world to have access to him through Jesus, Gentile as well as Jew.

And in that time, as her family prayed she’d pull ... And I remember seeing Jesus in front of me, I recognized Jesus,” she said. “And on my left there was a figure next to him in long brown robes, ...