Sunday, Aug. 30, is the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Jeremiah 20:7-9; Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Romans 12:1-2; and Matthew 16:21-27. Even though every Christian church we enter has a ...

Hale is a Democratic politician from Tennessee; he has been a Catholic nonprofit executive and helped lead faith outreach for President Barack Obama. Today Christians around the world commemorate the ...

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In the New Testament narratives of the Crucifixion, you make only one appearance, one that is brief but meaningful: you were selected to help Jesus carry his cross. In Matthew’s Gospel (27:32), we ...

The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem begins with commemorating Jesus's condemnation by Pilate in the traditional site of Pilate's Praetorium and ends at the Holy Sepulcher with remembering his interment in ...

How many of us can sing by heart the words of the song that starts “Jesus, keep me near the cross”? Can you recall the next few lines? More than just a song, it’s a much-needed prayer for Christians.

"But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23). We repeat St. Paul's statement of faith at every Mass ...

On Sunday Pope Francis spoke about the sacrifice of the cross, explaining how as followers of Christ we must embrace suffering, because it is through the suffering and death of Christ that his love is ...

Jesus on the Cross. The central image in Christian worship and art. The heartbeat of Christian piety for millions of devout believers. As Good Friday approaches, some two billion Christians around the ...

Archaeologists working at the site of an ancient church in Turkey believe they may have found a relic of the cross of Jesus. The relic was discovered inside a stone chest, unearthed from the ruins of ...