During Holy Week, which began with Palm Sunday, we remember the last days of Jesus before he was arrested, tortured and killed for challenging the religious and political orthodoxy of his time. Jesus ...

VATICAN CITY — As the Church this week reflects on Jesus’ crucifixion and death, Pope Francis said that it is the cross that gives us hope. He urged faithful to enter into the mystery of Christ’s ...

A painting depicting Jesus’ crucifixion rendered by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens sold for nearly $3 million at an auction in Versailles Sunday after it was hidden for nearly four centuries. The ...

On Friday, Christians around the world commemorate with prayers and fasting the death of Jesus Christ days before the arrival of Easter and the hope of the Resurrection. The church calls on believers ...

She lies on a cross. My wife is preparing to give birth to our daughter. It’s our fourth child, her fourth time on the instrument. She does not hang on it. She is lying down, strapped to it, her arms ...

For I determined to know nothing among you save Jesus Christ and him as crucified (1 Cor. 2:2). The ancients built the tower of Babel to scale the parapets of heaven. Athens erected her altars to gods ...

When I was in law school, my parents were still working, so they would visit me on long holiday weekends. Columbus Day turned out to be the most interesting. My school was open on that Monday, and I ...

A student in Nigeria died on Good Friday during an attempt to reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The incident occurred during a performance of a Passion Play, a dramatic reenactment of Christ’s ...

Crucifixion followed a bloody script of sorts that maximized the suffering and prolonged death. It began when the one being crucified was stripped of his clothing then beaten with a flagrum, a ...