Critics say American Christianity downplays Christ’s suffering. Two Reformed scholars answer the charge. If non-Western critics are right, American Christians have a skewed view of Jesus. Asian and ...

Lent is not just one more liturgical season. It is a time of abundant grace for a new conversion, when God is “purifying us by the sacred practice of penance,” as we pray at Mass during Lent. Most ...

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 ...

Having attended Catholic school for my entire life, I can remember my eyes drifting around my classrooms during particularly uninteresting lessons. A good portion of the time, my drifting eyes would ...

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A catholic observes Good Friday with prayer and penitence at a street in Nakuru City on April 7, 2023. [Daniel Chege, Standard] On the day Jesus Christ died on the cross, many Kenyans were on Good ...

In this era of heightened partisanship, the homilist at the Sunday Eucharist is more easily vulnerable to accusations of taking sides, even if preaching basic Christian values. This is inevitable at ...

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 ...

The exact date of Jesus Christ's death has been "confirmed" by a very unlikely organisation — NASA. The space agency's theory, which is backed by both biblical scholars and the Bible itself, actually ...

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 ...

Good Friday is a day remembered by Christians all over the world to mourn the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In Germany, it is referred to as "Karfreitag" or "Sorrowful Friday," and in Spain, as ...