Flanked by Roman soldiers, Jesus emerged from Sacred Heart Church for what may be the last time. Over a hundred members of Sacred Heart Church, on Liberty Street in the Hill, processed through the ...

This unexpected acceptance of Jesus by the soldier-centurion Longinus is truly startling. During the Crucifixion of Jesus, the Roman military in charge gave all appearances of enjoying their part ...

Knowing Jesus died for all of us is something special to comprehend. Personally, I never gave a thought to the Roman soldiers guarding the tomb of Jesus until this Easter.

Joseph Fiennes plays a Roman soldier investigating the mystery of Jesus' empty tomb in this literate but creaky New Testament noir. Though this is Reynolds’ first film in a decade, the director ...

There’s a lot to admire about “Risen,” a New Testament Biblical drama told from one Roman soldier’s point of view — but not its depiction of Jesus’ disciples.

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

According to accounts in the Gospels of the Christian bible, just days after Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, his disciple Judas Iscariot betrayed him to Roman soldiers. Jesus was taken ...

Rather than focus on the most familiar characters from those retellings, “Risen” is the story of Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a tough, ambitious Roman soldier who, when the story begins, is ...