BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC) - A cross that previously stood atop St. Vincent’s Hospital is finding a new home at a church in ...

He knows what he is about.” But I encourage all of us to also realize what a crushing burden and very likely lifetime cross is about to be laid upon someone’s shoulders. Pope Francis booked a ...

However, while the inverted cross is considered by some to be an anti-Christian or satanic symbol, in the context of St. Peter's Basilica, it is a reference to the crucifixion of Saint Peter, one ...

Orthodox Christians use three fingers joined together when they perform the sign of the cross. Credit: Adriatikus, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 The Orthodox gesture is deliberate and holds ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina, papal vicar of Rome, leads the Way of the Cross procession during the Good Friday service in Rome April 18, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ROME (CNS) -- Today's "builders ...

The Alban bun, the original hot cross bun, became part of English culture as well as Catholic history on Good Friday over 650 years ago. Credit: Photo courtesy of St. Alban's Cathedral ...

By Carol Glatz / Catholic News Service ROME – Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the ...

They reverenced the crucifix with a gentle touch or a kiss. Veneration of the cross on Good Friday is a longstanding tradition dating back to the seventh century, when the pope and others walked from ...

“To carry the cross of Christ is never in vain,” he wrote in his homily for Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square April 13. “It is the most tangible way for us to share in his redemptive ...

Section: World and Nation VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering – it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.

The first Station of the Cross in a symbolic Via Crucis held on April 5 along the border in Nogales, Mexico, to honor migrants was sponsored by the Most Holy Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ ...