The reverend, 53, said Jesus would have died with an erection due to the violent execution method that killed him — blood would have rushed to his lower body as he hung on the crucifix, he ...

Local Catholic parishioners bring crucifixion of Jesus alive with Live Stations of the Cross By María G. Ortiz-Briones Updated March 30, 2024 4:57 PM ...

Identifying with the suffering of Jesus on the Cross did not require as much imagination for them as it does for us moderns. It is entirely proper to identify our sufferings with those of Jesus.

The photographer, Dennis Melnichuk, snapped the image outside the Catholic Bernardine monastery and church in Lviv on Feb. 24. Then, he shared it with the world in a Facebook post.

Consider the San Damiano cross, so well-known because of St. Francis of Assisi. We might have picked out the depictions of the Blessed Mother and St. John or some angels included on the cross.