Roman rulers upheld order through crucifixions and terror. Jesus, by contrast, showed that true authority is rooted in ...

Scientists say that the name of Christianity’s central figure wasn’t originally Jesus Christ — he went by ... “However, given his family background in Nazareth, we can assume his day ...

Those who have seen the film The Passion of the Christ will recall how much time the director, Mel Gibson, devoted just to the act of nailing Jesus onto the cross —- almost five whole minutes.

I realized that the “background ... is that Christ allowed himself to be helped on his way to Calvary. In the Fifth Station, Jesus allows Simon of Cyrene to help him carry the cross; and ...

However, the crucifix tells only about half the story. The cross with Christ still on it falls short of what really is the ...