Editor’s Note: The following are excerpts from God’s Wounds: The Remarkable Truth of Those Who Bore the Signs of Christ’s Passion (Catholic Answers Press) by Register contributor John Clark; the book ...

Pope Francis kisses a crucifix during the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 7, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In a service Friday ...

You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his own weight, even as his body screams to him in pain. During these hours ...

"But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23). We repeat St. Paul's statement of faith at every Mass ...

The thief on the cross next to Jesus waited in suffering for the promise of paradise. So do many of us. When readers thumb through their Bibles for examples of courage, few consider flipping to the ...

Five pieces of 1,300 year old Communion bread were discovered in Turkey. One loaf depicts Jesus sowing seeds, while the other four feature the Maltese cross. The loaves were preserved thanks to ...

ROME – Pope Leo XIV led the traditional Via Crucis devotion on Good Friday, carrying the cross himself the whole way at the Colosseum in Rome, as a running reflection was offered on the meaning of ...

Why one evangelical Bible scholar thinks the answer might be no. The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John simply say ...

The death and resurrection of Jesus is the most famous underdog story in history. A low-status artisan from Galilee challenged the authorities of his time and ended up dying a brutal and horrifying ...

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 ...