Easter Sunday is the most joyous day in the Christian calendar. On a recent trip to Israel we had the pleasure of visiting ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social subversives — crucifixion. The New Testament Gospels ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, called on Christians in the Holy Land to “hope against ...

Archaeologists found another example of a crucified heel 49 years later in Cambridgeshire, England, in a grave in an ancient ...

Holy Week is the holiest week of the Greek Orthodox Church, symbolizing the passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

He went boldly to the place where his enemies knew he was accustomed to pray, for he was willing to be taken into suffering ...

Easter brings eggs and pastels, but what’s the meaning behind the holiday — and the other springtime religious observances?

A Jerusalem Voice for Justice released a statement expressing solidarity with the Palestinians suffering in Gaza and the West ...

Holy Week kicked off this week with Palm Sunday on April 13. Here's the remaining significant dates for the week until Sunday ...

No matter where we fall theologically or politically, it’s my hope that we can agree that caring for one another when our ...

Jesus Christ is the name we’ve been saying a lot lately. We’re saying it a lot. We look at our 401K and say ‘Jesus Christ ...

Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and ends with Easter. It's celebrated by more than 2 billion Christians around the world.