Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

Pope Francis, still recovering from respiratory infections, made only a brief appearance in the square at the end of Palm ...

Pope Francis, still recovering from respiratory infections, made only a brief appearance in St. Peter's Square April 13 ...

Self-denial and taking up our cross are like crucifixion. As Jesus carried his cross all the way to calvary, so must we carry ...

I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the ...

In his prepared homily, the pope exhorted Christians to “experience the great miracle of mercy” by accompanying Jesus in his journey to the cross. “Let us decide how we are meant to carry ...

They carry centuries of storytelling in their ... Over time, the Christian view of the bread marked with the cross shifted to focus on Jesus’ crucifixion and became associated with Easter.

Jesus is nailed to the Cross. The shroud of Turin gives us an ... surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows" (Is 53:3f.). Let us halt before this image of pain, before the suffering ...

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, where crowds ...

to honor migrants was sponsored by the Most Holy Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ Church in the Arizona border community of Rio Rico. (Anita Snow) A huge wooden cross is carried on April 5 ...

Following the services will be the Veneration of the Cross, during which parishioners can commemorate Jesus' death by kissing ... lighting the Easter candle and carrying it to the front of the ...

In a prepared Palm Sunday homily read by a top Vatican cardinal, Francis urged the faithful to carry the cross “of those ... braided palm that recalls Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem ...