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

A Jesuit priest discusses how Christian tattooing started shortly after Jesus’ crucifixion and spread across Europe in later ...

Do you prefer yours with sultanas and spices, or Vegemite and cheese? However you eat them, hot cross buns reflect centuries ...

Op-ed Easter is a time of reflection and remembrance – a holy moment every year where Americans and Christians around the ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week."To carry the cross of ...

It’s Easter—one of the most wonderful times of the year! Easter is often seen as a celebration of resurrection, but the significance of the resurrection goes far beyond the grave. Jesus’s death was a ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. But over the past 2,000 years, it was common for some Christians to deem Pilate almost blameless for Jesus’ death and tr ...

Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, is the Friday before Easter Sunday on the Christian calendar. On this solemn day, Christians around the world commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus ...

Have you ever wondered why the Scripture refers to Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God? Why compare Jesus to a docile lamb? Why not a lion? Or some other animal that suggests power and majesty? In the Old ...

All over the world, Christ is again being crucified in the bodies of human rights lawyers and journalists who stand up for justice in the face of criminality, whether from gangs or governments.

COMMENTARY: The third of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reveals the feminine and maternal dimension of the ...