Evangelist Arthur Blessitt, who gained recognition for carrying a cross around the world, died on Jan. 14. He was 84.
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What we can learn from the Black Nazarene
THIS year's 'Traslacion,' or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene — the statue of Jesus of Nazareth carrying his cross toward Calvary for his crucifixion — again reminded us of the serious ...
Arthur Blessitt, an evangelist who famously carried a large cross over all seven continents and earned the Guinness World ...
Police reported 604 people suffering minor injuries as of Thursday afternoon. The statue of Jesus carrying the cross was brought to the Philippines from Mexico on a galleon in 1606 by Spanish ...
Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. that we may ...
As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and ...
Blessitt dedicated his life to spreading the message of Jesus Christ, traversing over 300 nations, island groups and ...
Arthur Blessitt, who started carrying his (literal) cross around the world in 1968, has come to the end of his life’s journey. His cross was 3.6 metres of 100m square timber – with a wheel at… Continu ...
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Pope Francis urged them to draw inspiration from St. Pelagius, a 10th-century Christian martyr killed in Córdoba ...