How many of us can sing by heart the words of the song that starts “Jesus, keep me near the cross”? Can you recall the next few lines? More than just a song, it’s a much-needed prayer for ...

Jesus is dead. From his heart, pierced by the lance of the Roman soldier, flow blood and water: a mysterious image of the stream of the sacraments, Baptism and the Eucharist, by which the Church ...

Turkish archaeologists say they have found a stone chest in a 1,350-year-old church that appears to contain a relic venerated as a piece of Jesus' cross.The artifacts were unearthed during a dig ...

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O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me.

In a controversial new film opening Friday, he is black. “Color of the Cross” tells a traditional story, focusing on the last 48 hours of Christ’s life as told in the Gospels.

As the evening session runs from 7 to 10 p.m., the priest will also “come out with the Blessed Sacrament and will expose the Blessed Sacrament on the altar,” he said.