Crucifixion remains a familiar idea, even though it’s a punishment from the distant past. It’s so familiar that we no longer consider of the physical realities of it. Those realities are some of the ...

I’ve had more than one Catholic who grew up either before or on the cusp of Vatican II tell me horror stories of how they were taught that Jesus died because of their sins. This was a particularly ...

Last week we discussed the three pivotal moments in salvation history, which are truly built around the life of Christ. They are the Incarnation, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. Having ...

The Romans, for all that they had adopted crucifixion as the “supreme penalty,” refused to countenance the possibility that it might have originated with them. Only a people famed for their ...

Among other things, Holy Week always brings to mind the tension between thinking doctrinally about Christ and thinking historically about Jesus. The latter is particularly poignant given the news this ...

Richard Tanner, the Cathedral's director of music, explains how music can help us to put the Crucifixion in a context in which it can be approached. My seven year old son, James, recently joined ...

There has been some talk recently about a new book by Cambridge University professor Colin Humphreys that proposes the Last Supper was held on Wednesday of Holy Week (GET IT HERE), rather than on ...

Earth Day this year (April 22nd) falls on Good Friday. Somehow, it seems all too appropriate this year. The eco-system of the Gulf of Mexico has been carrying the cross of the BP oil spill since the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A little-known painting by Marc Chagall has taken the international ...