The sorrowful mysteries of the Holy Rosary is the perfect place to understand Good Friday. They reflect on Christ’s spiritual crisis in the garden as He awaits His arrest and crucifixion.

[and] handed [Jesus] over to be crucified. Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak ...

According to church tradition, the monastery marks the spot where Jesus Christ, condemned to death, was scourged by Roman soldiers and crowned with thorns. “Tradition” is a word you hear a lot ...

Most dear Jesus, publicly shorn of your garments, and most cruelly scourged at the pillar, have mercy on us, O Lord. Most dear Jesus, crowned with thorns, beaten and blindfolded, clothed in rich ...

A team led by Liberato De Caro used x-ray scattering to study linen fiber degradation and determine their age.

One of the Catholic churches has a larger-than-life statue of Jesus hanging on the cross along with the crown of thorns, a spear wound in his side and nails in his feet. What it doesn’t show is the ...

After this, they led Him away to be crucified. Jesus, weakened from the scourging, struggled to carry His cross, and Simon of Cyrene was forced to help Him (Luke 23:26; Mark 15:21). At Golgotha, they ...