What if Jesus’ cross really is a healing burden? John tells us, in the gospel read at the liturgy for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, that God did not send the Son to judge the world — krino, in Greek.

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about the truth behind the Easter story.

I propose that a particularly relevant image for our time is the helplessness of Jesus on the cross. The cross was not simply torture, humiliation and shame; it was also total and abject helplessness.

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991. These stations reflect deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion.

Known as the "place of the skull," Golgotha is said to be the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Purportedly located just outside ancient Jerusalem's walls, Golgotha is not only the place where ...

Twelfth Station - Jesus dies on the Cross From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20: Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the Cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews".

By Dean Kelly, Meet Me at the Cross It is amazing when you enter the terminal following an international flight and head for ...

None of the Gospels in the New Testament mentions whether Jesus was nailed or tied to the cross. However, the Gospel of John reports wounds in the risen Jesus’s hands.

The Chosen star Jonathan Roumie has officially met the American Pope, as the actor best known for playing Jesus in the biblical series traveled to the Vatican to cross paths with Pope Leo XIV.

Jesus is the Word because through him all things are made,” says Jonathan, 8. “What he said became. Through the words of ...