The order of the service for Pope Francis 's funeral has been released, hours before world leaders and pilgrims are set to ...

According to the New Testament, Jesus was buried in a new tomb out of rock. (Matthew 27:60, Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53) in a garden near the crucifixion site (John 19:41), just outside the city (John ...

Archaeologists uncovered hidden inscriptions and graffiti left by medieval pilgrims on the walls of the Cenacle, the site of ...

Bethany Beyond the Jordan was a spiritual experience my lapsed Catholic self was not expecting. It reminded me that whatever ...

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers ... Instead, it blamed Herod Antipas, the Jewish ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons ...