The Stations of the Cross, also called the "Way of the Cross," or "Via Crucis," refers to the devotional prayer practice that commemorates the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The ...

The Way of the Cross walk Friday, April 18, in downtown Cape Girardeau. The annual event traveled to fourteen locations for the fourteen stations of the cross which represent Jesus Christ carrying the ...

Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross, featuring meditations prepared by children, at the Vatican on Good Friday evening. With Italy still facing coronavirus restrictions, this was the second year in ...

Growing in prayer is not simply acquiring a set of special spiritual skills that operate in one bit of your life. It is about growing into what St. Paul calls “the measure of the full stature of ...

Veronica wipes the face of Jesus in this representation of the sixth Station of Cross at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Over the last three years, I ...

April 18 (UPI) --Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem acknowledging Good Friday. People marking the ...

Pope Francis spoke to crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for Sunday's Angelus, encouraging them to follow Christ on the way of the cross. "Following Jesus does not mean participating in a triumphal ...

As I began reflecting on these Scriptures for this Sunday, I wondered (and perhaps you do, too) what was it about Jesus when he was in prayer that the disciples found so attractive? They wanted to ...

On Good Friday, April 18, a tradition came to life in Dinajpur, a northern district of Bangladesh. Hundreds of Catholic faithful gathered at Dinajpur Cathedral to take part in the annual "Way of the ...

The “greater works” spoken of in John 14:12 refer to the miracles and blessings the disciples experienced, as recorded in the ...