A century ago nearly 117,000 Americans perished in World War I. Some of those heroes hailed from Maryland’s Prince George’s County. Fearful that their loss would be forgotten, a group of area Gold ...

Do you ever hear people say things like “that’s her cross to bear” or “everyone has their own cross to bear” or “his illness is a real cross”? I’m not always comfortable with the implications I hear ...

Carrying a cross they made from a cherry tree, congregation members of Avondale Baptist Church in East Liverpool observed Good Friday when Jesus walked to Golgotha, bearing the cross on which He would ...

Sunday, March 13, is the Second Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalm 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14; Philippians 3:17-4:1 or Philippians 3:20-4:1; Luke 9:28-36. The Second Sunday of ...

For Randy McCook, carrying a large cross on his daily walk this week didn't seem too bad. "It doesn't seem far to me, not for what I'm doing it for," McCook said Friday, pausing to discuss why he is ...

When Jesse Garcia stepped up a couple of years ago to take on the role of Jesus in the live Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at Our Lady of Grace, he never knew how the experience would influence ...

At first sight, the house of worship bears all the Persian architectural hallmarks of a classically Iranian mosque. But the religious symbol accompanying the sky-blue dome is a cross, not a minaret, ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: Our suffering is tailor-made for our capacities, and by it we grow in holiness when we join it to the suffering and cross of Christ. Barna da Siena, “Christ Bearing the Cross, With a ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Those who sing the hymn "Footprints of Jesus" promise to follow them "where'er they go." That's a particularly demanding challenge for those who get tapped to perform as Jesus ...

Easter is the most solemn holiday in the Christian calendar. In it, Christians commemorate the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus, the legend from Nazareth. Unlike Christmas which is marked ...

From ages 9 to 19, Kang Ch’orhwan witnessed death by starvation, torture, and public execution in one of North Korea’s detention centers for political prisoners. There thousands of Christians are ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Bishop Luigi Locati (left), Fr Cosmas Omboto Ondari (top left), Bishop Joel Mwendwa (top ...