Before Christ, the cross was not only a symbol but also a form of capital punishment. The cross on top of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 532 Market St., Parkersburg.

The Cross. A Universal Symbol. By Helen Hoffner. Marian Press, 2024. 136 pages; $23.95. To order: ShopMercy.org or (800) 462-7426 As Catholics, we are all familiar with the crucifix.

My wife has a new cross necklace, given to her by some dear friends of ours. It’s a beautiful bit of silverwork, with flowing lines, flowers and a fish symbol. In fact, our house has a lot of ...

The symbol of the cross is often reviled by men as a sick instrument of torture, and so it is. However, that instrument of torture was used by God to bring harmony to God, man and creation itself.

In his weekly column, Paul Waldman of the American Prospect does a good job of highlighting a bizarre exchange during recent U.S. Supreme Court arguments in which Justice Antonin Scalia seemed ...

"Let us too renew our 'yes' to God Who chose the way of the Cross to save us,” he concluded. It is a great mystery that is still taking place, until the end of the world, and that also needs our ...

And he regrets that after 2000 years, the cross has become trivialized. “For those early Christians it was a badge of shame,” Welby said. “Today, it is more commonly seen as a symbol of ...

But for the people of Ferris, it’s a symbol of hope and community come back to life. Just in time for Easter, a local landmark has been resurrected: a simple cross that in one way or another has ...