Sydney Thackray, a California native, has been knighted by Vatican Prince Lorenzo de' Medici and is one of the youngest ...

During Rome's Jubilee, a spiritual occasion blessed by Pope Leo, Prince Lorenzo de' Medici knighted Sydney Thackray, a U.S.

Christians and government ­officials have come to blows over demands that churches in a city known as “China’s Jerusalem” ­install surveillance cameras for “anti-terrorism and security ...

The procession has taken place each Good Friday for 2-thousand years, drawing thousands of people. The Way of the Cross is one of several rituals that take place in the days surrounding Easter.

Hegseth’s “detractors have said the Jerusalem Cross is an indicator of extremism, white supremacist, and Christian nationalist sentiment,” wrote FoxNews.com’s Peter Pinedo.

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., questioned defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth about comments he has made regarding his tattoo in a confirmation hearing Tuesday held by the Senate Committee on Armed ...

According to Catholic News Agency, the cross predates the First Crusade (1096-1099), but became more common after the Kingdom of Jerusalem adoptedthe cross as its chief banner in the 1200s before ...

A symbol of pilgrimage. 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 ...

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.

The Jerusalem Cross and “Deus Vult” motto are frequently used together by religious organizations descended from the crusader orders of knighthood or people seeking to ape the crusaders ...

CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 14:05 pm. Researchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a serendipitous discovery that sounds straight out of an ...