It is a question that has long puzzled historians and theologians... what DID Jesus actually look like? And it seems casting agents are also prone to getting themselves in a tangle over Christ's ...

Even the Messiah isn’t immune to Hollywood reshuffles… Mel Gibson has reportedly replaced Jim Caviezel in his upcoming Passion of the Christ sequel. The 57-year-old actor, who played Jesus Christ in ...

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion is rich in symbolism, liturgical pageantry and an extra Gospel passage at the beginning of mass. This year the Sunday liturgies draw from cycle C readings, which ...

Executive director of the St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine in New York City outlines the strong faith of the remarkable saint. (L-R) Mother Cabrini sits near a photo of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

A call came to my home one night in late June 2003: “Do you want to see The Passion?” Of course, I did. Everybody in Christendom did. Already that summer, opposing voices in the Catholic Church, in ...

After a two-year pandemic delay, villagers in the German town of Oberammergau are once again re-enacting the story of Jesus’s life and death, with some changes. Frederik Mayet as Jesus on the cross in ...

Jesus’ sacrificial anguish redefined what it means to suffer with purpose. Palm Sunday marks the day Jesus entered Jerusalem and the beginning of the week of his passion, which, in the context of this ...

Love is the central action in Jesus’ ministry, and it is the focus of today’s Gospel. Jesus gives a commandment that is not completely new, although he makes a notable addition that should inform how ...

Today, evil seems so present and powerful that the faithful cry out with Jesus, "My God, why have you abandoned us?" (Mark 15:34). In his account of Jesus' passion, Luke invites us to enter into the ...