LEADER: Lord Jesus, as we follow your steps on the day you died for us, spiritually unite us with the reality of your suffering and death, so that we can know you better, love you more, and imitate ...

Long ago, before the mid-eighth century, John of Damascus gave voice to the way the Greek church fathers approached the cross: “We venerate the Cross of Christ, by which the power of the demons and ...

Editor’s Note: The Seven Last Words, taped at EWTN April 11, will be broadcast on Good Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern, hosted by Father Raymond J. de Souza. On Good Friday, Catholics keep the custom of the ...

Joanne M. Pierce does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The linchpin truth proclaimed by the Christian Gospels—”the central fact of all history,” as 17th century Bishop Jacques Bossuet put it—is that Christ was crucified in Jerusalem, that he died on the ...