As the liturgical year concludes, we also wrap up a year of Scriptures & Art. The purpose of this blog series was twofold: to recognize the breadth of cultural influence Catholic themes have exercised ...

As Filipinos pause for Holy Week, Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" once again finds renewed relevance. The film, which stunned global audiences when it premiered 21 years ago, continues to ...

The present civil unrest in American U.S. society is the culmination of a long descent from the Judeo-Christian ethic — a descent which began in earnest with the onslaught of World War I. Europe ...

VATICAN CITY — It isn’t often that a potential saint has a resume that could include a Hollywood screenplay. But on Sunday, the 19th century mystic nun who inspired some of the more controversial ...

The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson, screenplay by Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is a deeply repugnant film, but not an insignificant one. While ...

Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, said Dr. Timothy Millea, an orthopedic surgeon from Bettendorf, Iowa. He is pictured giving a presentation titled “The Passion and Crucifixion: A Medical ...

Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" opened on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2004, immediately sparking the biggest religious-based movie controversy since ... well, perhaps since Martin Scorsese's "The ...

The Passion of Christ is the story of Jesus Christ's arrest, trial, suffering and finally his execution by crucifixion. But it is only an episode in a longer story that includes the Resurrection. The ...

A. By Our Lord's Passion we mean His dreadful sufferings from His agony in the garden till the moment of His death. Q. 370. What did Jesus Christ suffer? A. Jesus Christ suffered a bloody sweat, a ...

It is Holy Week once again. A time to be witnesses of the agony of the Lord Jesus on the crucifix. It is a time to reflect on how much love God the Son showed to us by putting down his life so that we ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Flour Bluff and the South Side. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Parishioners from Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos Madre de Iglesia Catholic Church brought the Passion ...