The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, it’s Pasqua. French speakers have Pâques. All of these words derive from pascha —both Latin and Greek for Passover, the Jewish festival during which ...

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the ...

Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, ...

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

The discovery by two disciples of the empty tomb, and Mary Magdelene's encounter with Jesus, in John 20.1–18, is one of the ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa delivered the following message during the Palm Sunday Procession in Jerusalem ...

In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

Explore the symbolic intersection of Love and Grace Roads in Benzie County, reflecting on the themes of love and grace during ...

All my life, I have been caught between the yin and yang of fact and faith. From my earliest days in Catholic school, I have ...

During Sarakosti, a time of fasting and reflection, one Greek-Australian family grapples with tradition, tribal debates, and ...

Twenty Catholic and evangelical Protestant scholars share their understanding of the creedal marks of the Church.