Pope Francis leaves the parish of Serafina at the end of a meeting with represenatitves of some aid and charity centers ahead of Sunday’s 37th World Youth Day in Lisbon on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.

VATICAN CITY — On the Solemnity of Christ the King, Pope Francis said Jesus, through his death on the cross, opened his arms to embrace all people and everything about them, including their death, ...

The crucifixion is apparently under review. In his doctoral thesis, newly graduated Swedish theologian Gunnar Samuelsson argues that the cross Jesus supposedly died on may not actually have been a ...

It wasn’t just the heavens weeping. A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show ...

It is Easter. And after last year’s virtual Easter I know we need to see the real promise of God in the nails that pierced Jesus’ hands. First, let me tell you about "the list." My builder never ...

Apr. 7—Two Christian groups marked Good Friday with their own separate walks that were connected spiritually. Members and friends of Our Freedom Chapel took to the streets of Sharpsville on Friday ...

Jesus of Nazareth is perhaps the most significant individual in human history, and yet some skeptics and critics have questioned his existence. How much can we actually know about him beyond the ...

Millions of Christians worldwide today are observing one of the most somber moments of their faith. Good Friday commemorates the suffering, crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth more than 2,000 ...

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(RNS) — In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the idea of an angry God who needs to be appeased. (RNS) — When he ...