When an aggressive Evangelical challenges me for having a crucifix in church, one of my favorite apologetic one liners is to say, “We believe the Bible. Don’t you know 1 Corinthians 1:23, where Paul ...

When we were in Arkansas, I bought a beautiful handcrafted “Comfort Cross”, made of red cedar. It has no sharp edges because it’s meant to be held; the vertical and horizontal parts of the cross are ...

If you're looking for the Jesus of new life and hope this Easter, a good place to start might be Church of the Resurrection in New Albany. A massive sculpture behind the altar shows Christ rising from ...

Therefore, I wouldn’t recommend that you wear the crucifix but cherish it. I’m told that while Catholics will wear both crosses and crucifixes, Protestants prefer empty crosses — though for crucifix ...

The original crucifix at St. Mary’s Catholic Church has come home. It had hung behind the altar since 1968, until the 2011 tornado destroyed the church and nearly everything in it, along with the ...

A crucifix from World War I is being returned to its home church in Doingt, France. The crucifix was rescued from the remains of the church, which was destroyed during the Battle of the Somme — a ...

Giotto (1266–1337) and his workshop realized c. 1315 the large Crucifix now in the Louvre Museum. The conservation of this masterpiece in 2010–2013 in the C2RMF studios gave the opportunity for a ...