An ornate ossuary, or bone box, discovered in a Jerusalem tomb is inscribed with the name Caiaphas, an infamous figure in the Gospels’ accounts of Jesus’ trial and execution. “If it is ...

Easter is fast approaching. Here's a look at why the date of Easter changes every year and what to know about the holiday.

Easter is fast approaching. Here's a look at why the date of Easter changes every year and what else to know about the ...

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.

The historical world of the first century Israel is fascinating to those who wish to understand more about Jesus’s life and ministry. Interestingly, there is a gap of about 300 years between the end ...

Holy Week observances began in Jerusalem in the earliest days of ... So Friday was first day that Jesus lay in the tomb. Saturday: the Jewish Sabbath Jesus rested in the tomb on the Sabbath.

The Vatican has sought to engage young people in the 2025 Jubilee pilgrimage with the introduction of Luce, an anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee.

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

21, 50, 53, 93, 94, 227, and 228. When Jesus told his disciples, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel,” he referenced His Jewish people. They were God’s “chosen people” whom ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

Archaeologists believe women buried in this 4,875-year-old tomb wore ceremonial garments made out of beads. (photo credit: David W. Wheatley, Science Advances) A team of archaeologists and ...